indurate

Example Sentences

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Sometimes human beings do things that are too much for even the most indurate newsgatherers of the daily press to contemplate without shuddering.

From Time Magazine Archive

When indurate Premier Poincare came into office, international conferences went out of fashion.

From Time Magazine Archive

When lean years came, young Wallace studiously and scientifically applied himself to the task of inducing the indurate soil to yield him his livelihood.

From Time Magazine Archive

The lessons of adversity sometimes soften and ——, but as often they indurate and pervert.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

Imogen was deaf to their expostulations, and indurate and callous as adamant to their persuasions.

From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by Godwin, William