Sentence examples for hardened edges from inspiring English sources

Over time, these natural sponges were replaced — in New York and in many port cities — by hundreds of miles of sea walls, hardened edges.

While you shouldn't cut your cuticles, if desired, you can apply cuticle oil to your toenails to soften and moisturize the hardened edges, and push the cuticles back with an orangewood stick to create a smooth, open area ready for your polish.

Rosetta and its predecessor, La Promesse - about a teenage boy whose slum landlord father ruthlessly exploits illegal immigrants - have the hardened edge of reality about them.

So eager to show the older girls her street-hardened edges.

To saw a ship into pieces, a big chain with sharp, hardened cutting edges is moved like a saw over the metal.

He may also be giving us a glimpse of a future, if the river ever were de-hardened, if edges became more porous, less concrete-lined.

Even some of the softer rocks can be removed in this way if the buckets are provided with hardened and stiffened edges and ripping teeth.

Padded garments, and perhaps armour of hardened leather, preceded edged metal weapons.

On a recent ride, your correspondent, a hardened Londoner, gripped the edge of her seat as taxis blared, white vans cut up her driver and double-decker buses whooshed perilously close.Despite this, rickshaws have proved hard to get rid of.

Heckenberger didn't respond; instead, he bent down and rooted through the dirt, picking up a piece of hardened clay with grooves along the edges.

Their website is full of enough beautiful cake photography to make even the most hardened fitness devotees want to break edge for a cheat day.