hard-edged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hard-edged
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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The bare-legged dancers sport various hard-edged, geometric designs on their sleek costumes, designed by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Brian Cox is one of Hollywood’s go-to guys when they need to convey something hard-edged and world-weary.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025
Ahead of the meeting in London, Starmer insisted - as he often has in the past - that Ukraine needed "hard-edged security guarantees".
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025
On the outside, Cherukat's music follows the hip-hop template of delivering hard-edged stories of street life through explicit lyrics and raw prose.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024
It was near impossible to get her to go beyond that hard-edged sweetness, but that didn’t stop me from trying.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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