hardened

Example Sentences

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But we have not hardened them against a more present and increasingly destructive threat.

From Los Angeles Times

Those were hardened industry types there last night.

From Los Angeles Times

The 12-foot-tall press punches ribbons of the sheet steel into hardened metal dies that bend and shape the steel into dump-truck beds, frames and other parts that are riveted together.

From The Wall Street Journal

But when the distance was less than 10 feet, only 45% of the hardened homes escaped with no damage.

From Los Angeles Times

Poor relations with the U.S. have only hardened China’s resolve to become self-reliant in critical technologies from semiconductors to automobiles.

From The Wall Street Journal