hard
adjective
not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
Example Sentences
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“People feel like they have to toil away harder in order to make sure they don’t get fired,” said Angie Callen, an executive coach and author of “Scary Good: Discovering Life Beyond the Sunday Scaries.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
She said financial pressure, parental stress, limited opportunities for play and difficulty accessing early years provision and professional advice could make preparing for school harder.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
And while it’s easy to create wealth through raising billions in capital or taking on debt, turning paper money into actual cash is harder to do.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
Experts told AFP that Artex going closed-source would make the code harder for new users to obtain and adapt.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
We still spent time together, but everyone was busy, and me most of all, because I had to study harder than ever for exams.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
