hard-shell
Example Sentences
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He once bought a $117 pair of MSCHF’s Gobstomper shoes whose soles wear down to reveal differing colors in a nod to the hard-shell candy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
He told his father his feet were "made for beaches and not hard-shell boots".
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
"Depending on the contaminant and its chemistry, if it is small enough to pass through the gills of the mussel, it has the potential to accumulate in their tissue or precipitate within the hard-shell structure."
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2024
And, owners get a zippered hard-shell case with room for the controller, a netted area for cables and a place to hold the accessory storage box.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2023
Bruce Mackey did, and while he was easy goin' about most things now and then he'd bob up with some hard-shell ideas like this.
From Torchy As A Pa by Sewell Ford
