harden
verb (used with object)
to make hard or harder.
are hardening
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present progressiveof harden.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Attitudes toward migrants and refugees are hardening throughout the continent, in a difficult balance between protecting borders and respecting human rights.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
Officials are hardening their infrastructure; platforms are taking down burgeoning disinformation campaigns before they come anywhere close to virality.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2020
“We are hardening, if you will, the fence here, putting up concertina wire to make that wall less scalable,” Walker said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2018
But the battle lines in this city of 36,000 are hardening.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2016
The last big step in the dropping of the peach tree is the shedding of the fruit just as the pits are hardening.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923 by Northern Nut Growers Association
