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How to use hardness in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Hardness means the quality of being hard. Example: “The hardness of the material was high.”

Examples of hardness by meaning

nounA measure of how hard a material is.

  • The hardness of the material was high.
  • “This material has a specific hardness and is chemically very stable.2024 August 6, Ricardo Treviño, “Self-Healing Concrete Help Buildings Seal Themselves”, in TecScience, archived from the original on 19 Jan...

More sentences with hardness

  • Such tumors have an almondlike shape and hardness.From the entry almondlike
  • These can be selected to suit the size and hardness requirements of the respective application.2010, “Wiha Safety soft-face hammers for carpenters”, in Professional Tools, International edition, number Spring, page 139. From the entry hammer face
  • Hardness is ordinarily related to the soapcurd forming action of water.1955, Cornelia A. Tyler, Soft Water in Modern Use, page 6. From the entry soapcurd
  • The animals were not badly off throughout that summer, in spite of the hardness of their work.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […]…. From the entry badly off
  • The hardness of this very balking prayer Is here perceived to be its noblest part .1901, Joel Swartz ·, Poems, page 228. From the entry balking
  • The Wiha Safety soft-face hammers with exchangeable hammer heads in different degrees of hardness are thus suitable for all applications.2010, “Wiha Safety soft-face hammers for carpenters”, in Professional Tools, International edition, number Spring, page 139. From the entry hammer face
  • The ‘nitrox’ process basically supplies the surface hardness of the sursulf process, which is essentially carbonitriding, and then oxidizes it.1988, Robert B[allantyne] Ross, “‘Nitrox’”, in Handbook of Metal Treatments and Testing, 2nd edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Chapman and…. From the entry nitrox
  • Layers of sandstone serve as capstones of pillars and buttes; other layers of differing hardness yield erosional goblins of myriad form.1975 June, United States Bureau of Land Management, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Draft Environmental Impact Statement part V…. From the entry goblin
  • The votated margarines were evaluated for hardness, spreadability, and oiling.1970, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Science, Technology and Marketing of Rapeseed and Rapeseed Products, Rapeseed…. From the entry votated
  • Then a hardness twisted his features.2017 July 13, Jeremy Forsyth, chapter 2, in The Evening Tide (Sun, Moon, Sand and Star; 1), Amazon Digital Services, →ISBN. From the entry elvess
  • No, only little Peter Playman; dear Thumbkin, Lickpot, and Longman were grabbing hardness under the gray cloth, shaping the flat oblong of hardness.1970, Harriette Louisa Simpson Arnow, The weedkiller's daughter, page 356. From the entry lickpot
  • It is the practice at the Columbus plant to leave between 25 and 40 parts per million incrustant hardness in the water.1915, Ohio's Health - Volume 5, page 721. From the entry incrustant
  • Even though it's got its two features of color and hardness, it doesn't know how much importance or, as computer scientists say, weight to place on each of them.2017, Up and Atom, Machine Learning Explained in 5 Minutes. From the entry weight

Meaning of hardness

  1. noun The quality of being hard.
  2. noun An instance of this quality; hardship.
  3. noun The quantity of calcium carbonate dissolved in water, usually expressed in parts per million (ppm).

Full definition of hardness

Questions about hardness in a sentence

How do you use hardness in a sentence?
Hardness is used as a noun. For example: “The hardness of the material was high.”
What is a short sentence with hardness?
“Then a hardness twisted his features.”
What does hardness mean?
Hardness means the quality of being hard.

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