Thesaurus / hard-shell
FEEDBACKsynonyms for hard-shell
synonyms for hard-shell
- armor
- defense
- elephant skin
- formidable defenses
- rhinoceros hide
- thick hide
- thick skin
- aloofness
- apathy
- callousness
- unfeelingness
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How to use hard-shell in a sentence
He thought they were now in touch with our troops at "X" but that they had been through some hard fighting to get there.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONHowever this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYAnd it would be hard indeed, if so remote a prince's notions of virtue and vice were to be offered as a standard for all mankind.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTEven if poverty were gone, the flail could still beat hard enough upon the grain and chaff of humanity.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK"I congratulate you on your engagement," he said at last, looking up with a face that seemed to Bernard hard and unnatural.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESHere there was a scuffling sound in the basket, and the Roc rapped on the cover with her hard beak, and cried, "Hush!"
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLOne whist table only is at work; General Pepper and three old hands of the same kidney are hard at it.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSYoung Lamb's big cigar has been out long ago; but he pulls hard at it, wholly unaware of the fact.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSOff flew the shell, seven miles it flew; over the Turkish Army from one sea into another.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONHe conducts this ceremony with the greatest solemnity, occasionally pronouncing these incantatory words, "Plate or shell, sah?"
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")WORDS RELATED TO HARD-SHELL
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