hardness

Example Sentences

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This wasn’t a dirt road; this was thousands of years of silt, clay, leaves and rock crushed to near hardness from hooves, bare feet, boots and wheels.

From New York Times

She makes her roughly cast, seemingly fragmentary sculptures out of plaster or gypsum cement, which dry to stone-like hardness.

From Washington Post

That hardness finally yielded a bit after Texas took the 16-10 lead on another Auburn field goal with 12:55 left.

From Washington Post

We recommend using our free digital water test that assesses levels of hardness, chlorine, pH, iron, copper, alkalinity and more.

From Washington Post

And, Rubin says, “You should just be able to shield your way into radiation hardness,” rather than soldering circuits out of specialized materials.

From Science Magazine