hard-edged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hard-edged
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Leiter is Israel's ambassador to the United States and a longtime ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and is well-versed in Israeli settler politics, conservative activism and hard-edged diplomacy.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Born Joseph Ellis in Stockwell, London, he developed a distinctive sound that mixed hard-edged beats with emotional hooks; and worked with everyone from Chip and D Double E to Cher Lloyd and Ed Sheeran.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
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
On “The Last of Us,” Jeffrey Wright’s Isaac Dixon is the hard-edged leader of the Washington Liberation Front, a rebel group fighting the Seraphites, a theocratic cult, for control of post-Cordyceps Seattle.
From Salon • May 12, 2025
Long slopes they climbed, dark, hard-edged against the sky already red with sunset.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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