hard-mouthed
Britishadjective
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(of a horse) not responding satisfactorily to a pull on the bit
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stubborn; obstinate
Example Sentences
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The impression is not shared by the hard-eyed, hard-mouthed peasant, Communist and soldier, Army General Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, who commands the drive on the Rzhev front and had much to do with planning the others.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many of the legionnaires are German�lean, hard-mouthed, blond men in white kepis, their pockets stuffed with grenades.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bulky, hard-mouthed Bernie Shelton,-50, youngest and meanest of the ill-famed Shelton boys, fell.
From Time Magazine Archive
Archie pulled up, and, as the seaman had hoped, the hard-mouthed steed stopped, while the maddened buffalo and the almost as much maddened hunters went thundering on, and were soon far ahead of them.
From The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The bridles upon hard-mouthed passion are removed; they are taken away; they are broken.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
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