Hardened

//ˈhɑːdn̩d//

"Hardened" in a Sentence (18 examples)

Years of farm work have hardened his body.

I became hardened to punishing pupils.

He hardened clay by putting it into a fire.

He hardened his heart against her.

Switzerland hardened its immigration policy.

Samuel Johnson draws his own portrait as "a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of the fascinating plant; who with tea amused the evening, with tea solaced the midnight, and with tea welcomed the morning."

Tartar is a form of hardened dental plaque.

Before pouring cement mixture into forms for a foundation, the work crew securely place an armature of steel bars at a predetermined spacing in order to reinforce the finished building's hardened concrete. If a piece of steel is not long enough to span the required distance, the workers will overlap two pieces and tie them together to form a strong splice.

Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened. He will fight savagely.

Even a hardened policeman can't be prepared for such a cruel murder scene.

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The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears.

In the past, Lutao was considered somewhat mysterious, because of the national penitentiary which housed the most hardened criminals, and the restrictions on travel to the island, which have since been loosened.

Hardened royalists staged a protest against Amnesty International Thailand at Silom Complex on Monday. The group said that the human rights watchdog is undermining the country’s stability by campaigning for the rights of the detained protest leaders who are calling for the reformation of the royal institution.

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