dur
Americanadjective
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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Of all the cartoons shown at Charlie Hébdo, my favourite is the one "C'est dur d'être aimé par des cons"! The cartoonists were brilliant!
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2015
The man on trial had not testified on his own behalf dur ing the five-day presentation of his defense case.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I am a dur and have a tough skull," he has said.
From Time Magazine Archive
She has rented a penthouse duplex on Central Park West that was once the home of Lorenz Hart dur ing the great lyricist's last years.
From Time Magazine Archive
La pierre puante est d'une couleur gris-brune, d'un grain assez fin, et d'un tissu assez dur; ses cassures sont irr�guli�res, mais plus la pierre s'approche du silex, plus elles donnent dans le coquill�.
From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James
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