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Definition of "harden" []
- To make hard or harder. (verb-transitive)
- To enable to withstand physical or mental hardship. (verb-transitive)
- To make unfeeling, unsympathetic, or callous: "To love love and not its meaning hardens the heart in monstrous ways” ( Archibald MacLeish). (verb-transitive)
- To make sharp, as in outline. (verb-transitive)
- To protect (nuclear weapons) by surrounding with earth or concrete. (verb-transitive)
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Use "harden" in a sentence
- "How inconstant are your feelings! but a moment ago you were moved by my representations, and why do you again harden yourself to my complaints?"
- "As she watched his expression harden, she decided he wouldn't consider the comparison flattering."
- "Elena could see the other’s eyes go cold, her expression harden to granite."