hardness
Example Sentences
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It is a pas de deux of contrasts—roughness and polish, hardness and softness, danger and safety.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The laser-leading method also struggled to maintain the hardness required for success.
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
Everything from traction, the hardness of the surface, how high the ball bounces, how far the ball rolls and shock absorption have been looked into.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
The heat and the dirt were bad, he said, and there was an added hardness to his life brought on by his weeks of “improper absence,” but Eb accepted it with humility.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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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