How to Use hardening in a Sentence

hardening

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  • The hardening of hearts is here the loss of the power of speech.
    — Titus Techera, National Review, 29 July 2017
  • In other words, the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart gave Pharaoh equal choice.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The hardening of the building can happen with more than just glass.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2021
  • Not quite time yet for the hardening of a new orthodoxy.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2010
  • Since antlers form from the bases and grow up and out, the area around the pedicle and the main beam itself hardens first, followed by hardening of the tines, from the base to the tip.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
  • That rain, and the subsequent hardening of the soil on sunny days, has stunted his corn crop.
    — CBS News, 12 June 2019
  • Warren’s actions fuelled a further hardening of the far right of the Church.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
  • This can lead to hardening or clogging of the arteries over time.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Then came a pandemic, leading to the hardening of the border.
    — Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2020
  • But the hardening on each side is what may give others anxiety about the state of the union afterward.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, latimes.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Alana Castaneda can feel her scar tissue hardening, pulling her jaw to the left.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Dec. 2021
  • To strengthen nails, mince garlic and add it to a bottle of clear nail polish, then use it as a hardening treatment and base coat.
    — Alexandra Tunell, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Nov. 2014
  • The joints can be created by forms or cut into the hardening concrete.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Greening starts at the leaves and works its way through the tree like a hardening of the arteries, blocking nutrients and water.
    — Julie Wernau, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2017
  • The hardening of the border has an effect on the ability of smuggling cartels to exploit it and to sell their services.
    — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 10 Feb. 2020
  • When those results came back negative, the office ruled that Khan died of hardening of the arteries.
    — Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2017
  • The days since have only seen a hardening of lines between Washington and Beijing.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But the week’s events, and untold suffering on both sides, risk hardening divisions over how such lessons should be framed.
    — Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The same hardening-off rules apply to container plants.
    — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2021
  • From our view onto the enormous construction site, this hardening mostly seemed to take the form of an awful lot of concrete.
    — Nicola Twille, Wired, 6 July 2021
  • Inside the country, the result could be a siege mindset, a hardening of Israeli politics, and a search for scapegoats.
    — Dominic Tierney, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
  • High triglycerides contribute to the hardening and thickening of the artery walls, which increases the risk of stroke, heart attack and heart disease.
    — Russell Foster, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Heart disease: This condition has been linked to hardening of the arteries and heart failure.
    — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 14 June 2024
  • It’s often used by people who have had a stroke and holds a host of benefits that combat high cholesterol, hardening of the arteries, and tension in the nerves.
    — Michael Carroll, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The team hopes red mud could become a source of both the extra iron added to their cements and the alkaline compounds needed to catalyze the hardening reactions.
    — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 20 Aug. 2020
  • With no word on future talks and both sides not wanting to appear weak, worries are rising that a hardening of positions could lead to a full-blown trade war.
    — Don Lee, latimes.com, 19 June 2018
  • But with so little time to react, hardening networks ahead of time is more practical.
    — Naureen S Malik, Bloomberg.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Now, Bolton’s regime-change rhetoric toward North Korea and Iran may lead to a hardening of policy, allies believe.
    — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • One is the hardening of interstate boundaries in ways that create conditions ripe for state failure and collapse.
    — Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
  • These types of barriers are known as shoreline hardening, a manmade way to prevent the ocean from flooding land and development behind it.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024

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