harden
verb (used with object)
to make hard or harder.
were hardening
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past progressiveof harden.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Montemaggi had no plan, but her beliefs were hardening.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
But he added that regulators were hardening their “encouragement” for banks to move the “centre of gravity” of their euro-denominated business from London and demonstrate the viability of new continental hubs.
From Reuters ● Aug. 26, 2020
Soto’s views of the war were hardening further, and he was unwilling to suppress what he knew.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2018
But it was nearly impossible to continue treatment because the veins in her arms were hardening from the previous treatments.
From Washington Post
But he felt as if every good and tender impulse of his nature were hardening into stone.
From A Noble Life by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
