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
“There’s a toughness and a hardness that’s developing within this program right now,” Riley said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2024
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
It was a month of frozen hardness, of ice.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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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