hardness
Example Sentences
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It is a pas de deux of contrasts—roughness and polish, hardness and softness, danger and safety.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Materials with this level of hardness are among the toughest used in industrial applications and rank just below superhard materials such as sapphire and diamond.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
“Each and every day I have to ask God to lift the hardness in my heart, because I‘m angry,” Lewis said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025
The time groundstaff have between county games is not sufficient to prepare and roll a pitch to the hardness of an international surface.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024
Observe the hardness, write it down in careful runes.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Vocabulary lists containing hardness
Earth Science - Middle School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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