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Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahr-dn-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑr dn ɪŋ



Définition of hardening

Origin :
  • c.1200 (replacing Old English heardian) "to make (something) hard," from hard + -en (1). Meaning "to become hard" is late 14c. Related: Hardened (figurative sense of "unfeeling" is from late 14c.); hardening.
  • noun thickening
Example sentences :
  • They were street boys; their lives had been spent in a hardening atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • He was hardening his throat, and so slept with a wet towel about it.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Blessed ignorance of the hardening influences of the coming years!
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • Cf. Joseph and his brethren for this hardening of his heart.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • The whole year round the thorn has been hardening and sharpening.
  • Extract from : « Parables of the Cross » by I. Lilias Trotter
  • Fao's hackles were very evidently on the rise; Delcamp's face was hardening.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • "If she moves she is betrayed," he thought with hardening heart.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • Sometimes I seem to myself to be hardening into stone, body and soul.
  • Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • His gristle is hardening into something like his stern old father's backbone.
  • Extract from : « The Red Acorn » by John McElroy
  • The hardening process had been, if anything, all too complete.
  • Extract from : « The Sign of the Spider » by Bertram Mitford

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