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petrify
verb as in make hard
Weak match
Example Sentences
They are naturally petrifying 50,000 to 100,000 tons of CO2 per year, Kelemen believes.
The Cincinnati Bengals should petrify the top-seeded Tennessee Titans.
The fact that Feynman came forward to confront me after the talk was something that probably would have petrified many scientists.
I didn't possess the capacity to petrify, which is absolutely indispensable in an academic man.
She had seemed to grow rooted to the ground, unable to get away; her heart, her breathing, seemed to petrify too; they hurt her.
E that would shine, and petrify his tutor,Should drink draught Allsopp in its "native pewter."
Their concepts petrify from lack of use and the constant reconstruction which growth necessitates.
Among ourselves worship would petrify and faith wither were it not for the tasks the church has undertaken at home and abroad.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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