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Discover LudwigThe phrase "all the harder" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to emphasize that something is more difficult or challenging, often in relation to a previous statement.
Example: "The task became all the harder when we lost our main resource."
Alternatives: "even more difficult" or "that much tougher".
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Italy's economic crisis has made that challenge all the harder.
It was a good excuse to party all the harder.
This makes their idleness all the harder to bear.
The timing made death all the harder to take.
Our only real defense is to commit to remember all the harder.
Mr. Ashcroft's public persona made building a consensus on profoundly difficult questions all the harder.
Mr Bernanke has made his job all the harder by adding the dollar to the mix.
With its thimbleful of poison, the Goldstone report has made the job all the harder.
Which means, naturally, that all one can do is believe all the harder.
The Saudi part of the jihad is home-grown, and thus all the harder to uproot.
Of course, if nuclear power presents its own unacceptable risks, that challenge is all the harder.
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