hardbound
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hardbound
Example Sentences
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Yet here, on the Berliners’ own label, is a deluxe set of 24 discs, complete with lavish hardbound book, featuring Karajan and the orchestra in radio broadcasts from 1953 through 1969.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
I have nice, hardbound editions of 'The Iliad,' 'The Odyssey,' 'The Aeneid' and others.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2020
There were happy moments to revisit, like my wedding day, and the day I held the first hardbound copy of my book.
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2019
We’ve consulted the hardbound menswear manuals that line our bookshelves and clicked through countless online style guides, and nowhere can we find that this move is OK.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2016
She takes the hardbound green volume, with gold lettering and a line drawing of a girl with abundant red hair in a chignon on the front, and opens it.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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