hardened
Example Sentences
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Some of these cores at the Northern Territory Geological Survey are mudstone – a type of sedimentary rock formed from hardened seafloor mud.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
Across the surrounding countryside, seepages resemble miniature volcanoes overflowing with crude and leaving hardened black trails.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Even the most hardened boxing fan could have been forgiven for switching off.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Amid statues and posters of the Virgen de Guadalupe was a rosary that a man had made of hardened bread during his months in an immigration detention facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
But then I pictured my father up north in New Jersey begging for work, and the devastated look on my mother’s face, and I hardened my heart.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
