hard-wearing
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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They are also hard-wearing, which means they can be drained and recovered to play football on.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
The keycaps are made of hard-wearing PBT plastic and with dye-sublimated legends, but I’m not a huge fan of their color scheme overall.
From The Verge • Feb. 5, 2022
For tips on designing a hard-wearing gym that’s a joy to use, we asked designers how they approach workout spaces.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022
The hard-wearing, all-weather textile hearkens to an older, simpler way of life, its history touching on both the doings of British royals and local farm life.
From National Geographic • Jan. 14, 2021
He bought supplies—flour and salt and a few other essentials—simple tools and utensils such as are carried by prospectors, blankets, shells for his rifle, and a few, simple, hard-wearing clothes.
From The Sky Line of Spruce by Marshall, Edison
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