hardier; hardiest
Examples of hardy in a Sentence
Most of the soldiers were hardy young men.
Hardy fans stuck with the team through good times and bad.
Only the hardiest pilgrims made the journey.
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To restore the balance, residents, farmers and the local school joined forces to bring back a hardy native breed: the Old Norwegian Sheep.
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David Nikel, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
City’s video tribute was a tear-jerker, and less hardy characters than De Bruyne — nicknamed ‘the tumble dryer’ due to his dry (and blunt) approach — would surely have cracked and let the tears roll.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Plants have larger foliage and bigger blooms than their tropical counterparts and are winter hardy.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
Above the tidal zone begins a maquis of mastic, myrtle, helichrysum, arbutus, and other fragrant, hardy plants, which in the higher, more remote parts of the island give way to groves of ilex, eucalyptus, and stone pine.
—Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
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David Nikel, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
City’s video tribute was a tear-jerker, and less hardy characters than De Bruyne — nicknamed ‘the tumble dryer’ due to his dry (and blunt) approach — would surely have cracked and let the tears roll.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Plants have larger foliage and bigger blooms than their tropical counterparts and are winter hardy.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
Above the tidal zone begins a maquis of mastic, myrtle, helichrysum, arbutus, and other fragrant, hardy plants, which in the higher, more remote parts of the island give way to groves of ilex, eucalyptus, and stone pine.
—Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Hardy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hardy. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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Hardy 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Har·dy
ˈhär-dē 
Oliver 1892–1957 originally Norvell Hardy American comic actor
Hardy
2 of 2biographical name (2)
Thomas 1840–1928 English novelist and poet
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