hardness

Example Sentences

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The laser-leading method also struggled to maintain the hardness required for success.

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

Everything from traction, the hardness of the surface, how high the ball bounces, how far the ball rolls and shock absorption have been looked into.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

And the novelist Richard Ford once made it clear that questioning Ms. Munro’s mastery over the short story would be akin to doubting the hardness of a diamond or the bouquet of a ripened peach.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

But something about the hardness behind her eyes scared me so I let her pretend, and I pretended back.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler