hard
adjective
not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
overhard
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a word derived from
hard.
Example Sentences
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He wrote his name on Oxford's roster—Cecil John Rhodes—but never studied overhard.
From Time Magazine Archive
And that de Vallorbes has been heard to lament openly that he is not a native of some enlightened country in which the divorce court charitably intervenes to sever overhard connubial knots.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet
They gained now on their pursuers, who had pressed their horses overhard to make up the five-mile handicap.
From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
At least it was as genteel an expression that the party had been overhard travelled, as the most polite pedestrian could propose to himself.
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Sir Walter Scott
It is true that some captains drive overhard; there are spirits in every rank not easily moved by pity; and indeed many follow arms who are no better than brigands.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
