verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hardened criminals (= criminals who have committed and will continue to commit a lot of crimes )
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Teenagers should not be sent to prison to mix with hardened criminals .
hardened cynics
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Even hardened cynics believe the meeting is a step towards peace.
sb’s attitude hardens (= they feel less sympathy and they want to be stricter or firmer )
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People’s attitudes towards sex offenders have hardened.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attitude
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If this is done in hardness of spirit, it tends to harden attitudes and drive people away for the Lord.
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Carter himself, as one part of his hardening attitude toward the Soviets, lost faith in the treaty.
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Such an attitude often hardens the attitude of those with whom one negotiates.
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The Church of Rome, on the other hand, hardened its attitude against birth control.
face
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He looked at Caroline like a man rising from a deep sleep, and then his face hardened .
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With each miss, the expression on her face hardens .
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Mavis could feel her face harden into a plastic smile, like a plate of gravy skinning over.
heart
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The girl had hardened her heart so much; there was no point in giving her further cause.
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But difficulties did not harden his heart .
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And then Nancy will harden her heart against him.
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I have a suspicion that the justifiable coverage we got in the media hardened the hearts at Shire Hall.
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Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts .
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He tried to harden his heart in advance, but knew it was just a front.
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When he had left her with a tiny baby, she had hardened her heart somehow.
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She hardened her heart and thought she should swiftly make it clear she had not come in search of him.
position
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Fears of a feud between the rival republican groups has also hardened positions .
voice
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Today, if you hear his voice , do not harden your hearts.
■ VERB
become
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Once a happy, handsome country boy, Inman has become hardened , cynical, burned out.
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Many people become human relations victims over and over again without becoming hardened , insensitive or recluses.
leave
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Place on a tray lined with nonstick baking parchment and leave to harden in the fridge.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
become hardened (to sth)
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He did not become hardened or accustomed.
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Many people become human relations victims over and over again without becoming hardened , insensitive or recluses.
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Once a happy, handsome country boy, Inman has become hardened , cynical, burned out.
hardened criminal/police officer etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Harden the chocolates by putting them in the fridge.
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Much of the mountain consists of volcanic ash, long since hardened to jagged rock.
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Opposition to the peace talks has hardened since the attack.
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Steel is hardened by heating it to a very high temperature.
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The clay needs to harden before it can be painted.
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The death of a parent can harden young people, making them bitter.
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The glue needs about 24 hours to harden .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I try to harden myself, push the guilt away.
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Isobel glanced at her husband, and saw his face had hardened, and that his eyes were angry.
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Kiki thought about these things as she was lying naked in her bed wishing the fudge would harden .
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Pores enlarge and the skin slowly becomes coarser, as its natural collagen hardens.
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The girl had hardened her heart so much; there was no point in giving her further cause.
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The ground was hardened by a sharp frost making the going firm on a fine, sunny day.
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When Glover folded back the blanket her expression hardened, her face became the fixed eyes and mouth of a hawk.