hardiness
Example Sentences
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As if to test my hardiness, Detective Webster gave my hand a painful squeeze.
From Literature
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Even the alpine-inspired plantings cladding the museum’s roof — colorful wildflowers, long sweeping grasses and coarse scrubs, all chosen for their hardiness, lightness and shallow roots — follow this rhythm.
From Los Angeles Times
It is a Wisconsin badge of honor to have been at the Ice Bowl, an indication of both Midwestern hardiness and insanity.
From Los Angeles Times
Herders sometimes favor hybridization because genes from wild progenitors are thought to enhance the hardiness of domestic stock.
From Science Daily
You can find your hardiness zone on the U.S.
From Seattle Times
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