harden
verb (used with object)
to make hard or harder.
have been hardening
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present perfect progressiveof harden.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“We have been hardening these systems since last summer,” Christopher Krebs, who runs the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for the Department of Homeland Security, said this month.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2020
Candidates in state and local races increasingly have been hardening their stances on the industry.
From Fox News ● Oct. 23, 2019
The battle lines have been hardening on several fronts, Reuters has learned.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2017
No wonder that, though all these days I have been hardening my elbows and toughening my neck, at the end of my ten shots I fell over gasping.
From At Plattsburg by Allen French
Well, it is lucky for you, lad, that you have been hardening your skull a bit, before you enlisted.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
