hardbody
noun
a person who is muscular and physically fit.
hard-bodied
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a word derived from
hardbody.
Example Sentences
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While hard-bodied crabs can remain intact when desiccated, soft-bodied invertebrates fare worse.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2023
Named for their distinctive three-lobed body, these armored, pill-bug-like arthropods were some of the first hard-bodied animals on Earth.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 3, 2022
Phil’s hard-bodied, striding, athletic physicality is as specific and pronounced as Louis Wain’s upright, jerky, head-scratching, drawing-with-two-hands presence.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
Small and physically unimposing, Alex has to out-think her opponents; her victories are sweeter because they’re harder won than the triumphs of all those default Hollywood hard-bodied superspies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2016
Danny and Alan, the two blokes I'm working with – and they are blokes; lean and hard-bodied and sinewy, with a clench-jawed sense of purpose – are getting on with it.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2013
