hardness
Example Sentences
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The experiments showed that this additive manufacturing strategy can preserve the hardness and mechanical strength typically achieved through conventional manufacturing methods.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
“Each and every day I have to ask God to lift the hardness in my heart, because I‘m angry,” Lewis said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025
"We examined different sand shapes, finding a sand that would give us hardness, combining elements of clay, silt and particle distribution to make sure that we had a high-binding strength soil," says McKay.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
And the novelist Richard Ford once made it clear that questioning Ms. Munro’s mastery over the short story would be akin to doubting the hardness of a diamond or the bouquet of a ripened peach.
From New York Times • May 14, 2024
Atoms and corpuscles are not machines, but their interaction is determined by size, shape and hardness, just as the interaction of the parts of a clock are.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing hardness
Earth Science - Middle School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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