handset

Example Sentences

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Sometimes we've been hardset to tell what he's drivin' at.

From Strangers at Lisconnel by Barlow, Jane

The man hesitated, his eyes fixed on Festing's hardset face.

From The Girl from Keller's by Bindloss, Harold

Her lips were hardset in a bitter smile.

From Bloom of Cactus by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)

Of course there was another side to the picture, and there were times in his hardset and harassing life when even his vivacity failed him.

From Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Sandars, Mary F. (Mary Frances)

And she would have said more, but furious sobs swelled her throat and she could not speak, but dropped, face down, on the bunk and gripped the blankets in each hardset hand.

From Riders of the Silences by Brand, Max