How to Use harden in a Sentence

harden

verb

• The presence of certain substances in the blood can cause the arteries to harden.
• These additives are designed to harden the steel.
• He had been hardened by his years of military service.
• The news has hardened opposition to the government.
• Usually, though, debates tend to harden trends already present in the race.
  — Karl Rove, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2020
• This will drive off the turpentine and volatile oils, allowing the pitch to harden at cooler temperatures.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 12 Oct. 2020
• Homeowners with lakefront properties have tried for decades to harden their shorelines by piling rocks or chunks of concrete at the water’s edge.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2020
• The grout will begin to harden after a few minutes—success is near!—but the next step is one that often hangs up DIYers.
  — Sarah Baird, House Beautiful, 14 Sep. 2020
• As more Californians start plugging in their cars, the state must harden its electricity grid to prevent blackouts.
  — Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• And the nature of the agreement will likely force the Palestinians to harden their stance and redouble their efforts to isolate Israel.
  — Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2020
• Avoid late season pruning and fertilizer applications, which promote new growth that will not have time to harden off before freezing temperatures arrive.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
• Again, your goal is not to harden your son to the meanness of the world.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
• The churned ice cream needs to harden in the freezer for at least 6 hours.
  — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 24 June 2022
• Once shaped, the warriors were fired in a kiln to harden them.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020
• When your bread is about to go stale, stick it in the freezer to harden.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
• Only from the sixth plague on does the Torah state that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
• Skin on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet may thicken or harden later in life.
  — Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 26 Oct. 2020
• But then comes autumn to harden the grain, / to warn it to ripen ahead of the winter.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
• Wax can harden the finish and lessen the look of scratches.
  — Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2020
• To harden them, the researchers used water to wash away the PEG.
  — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 8 Apr. 2021
• Then the wings will fill with fluid and the bodies will harden.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2021
• The snow will get soft and a bit slushy in the afternoon but harden up at night.
  — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
• And for now, the leak and Moscow’s response may well harden Mr. Scholz’s view.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
• In sum, this week find a good spot to harden off your indoor grown plants.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2021
• Another is to grow the rough, harden the fairways, quicken the greens, tweak the tees.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2021
• VanTrece likes to do this while the skillet is still warm, before the grime gets a chance to harden or get crusty.
  — Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 6 Nov. 2021
• If allowed to cool too much, the sugar on the bottom of the pan will harden, taking the cake hostage.
  — Washington Post, 3 June 2021
• But over the course of its third term, the party made a U-turn and hardened its stance on rapprochement with the West.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
• Now is the time for CPOs to harden their processes and gird their teams for the next seismic shift.
  — Richard Waugh, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• The unequal recovery since the Great Recession and frustration that costly college degrees haven’t always yielded meaningful returns have only hardened those attitudes.
  — Maria Flynn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024