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Hardly had the meeting started when she interrupted.

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Sentence

Narrator

Hardly had the meeting started when she interrupted.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

Don't interrupt meetings unless absolutely necessary.

Describing Habits

She has a habit of interrupting meetings before they even get going.

Asking About Others

Did anyone interrupt the meeting?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If she hadn't interrupted, the meeting might have been more productive.

Rephrased versions

Formal

The meeting had barely commenced when she interjected.

Casual

She butted in right at the start of the meeting.

Simpler English

She interrupted the meeting very early on.

Phrases to learn

Hardly had...when...

Used to emphasize the immediacy of one event following another.

interrupted

To break the continuity of something.