Example Sentences

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The head of Nevada’s welfare department, George Miller, was hardening his agency into a national model for a more-aggressive approach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

That facility sparked fears in the West that Iran was hardening its program from airstrikes.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2023

She walked carefully through the parking lot, where the day’s slush was hardening into ice, balancing herself on a green cane.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2022

He said support for leaving without a deal was "hardening".

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2019

At twenty years of age the mold of my life was set, was hardening into a pattern, a pattern that was neither good nor evil, neither right nor wrong.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright