hard-set
firmly or rigidly set; fixed: a hard-set smile.
in a difficult position: The troops were hard-set before their supplies came.
determined; obstinate.
Origin of hard-set
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How to use hard-set in a sentence
The two men faced each other for a moment with flashing eyes, lowering brows, and hard-set jaws.
All He Knew | John HabbertonHe was a powerfully made man of about sixty-five, with a solemn, hard-set face.
Wandering Heath | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchIn short, my dear, I was so hard set, that I was obliged to come to a more favourable compromise with them than I had intended.
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) | Samuel RichardsonDraconmeyer waved the man away and walked up and down the apartment, his hands behind his back, his lips hard-set.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips OppenheimFact is, they're a hard set over to Sidon, and the place is better known by the name of Sodom around here.'
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