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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hardened her" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe someone becoming emotionally or mentally tough or resilient, often due to difficult experiences. Example: "The challenges she faced in her early life hardened her, making her more determined to succeed."
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In the notoriously controlling Ms Wintour's case, being fired also appears to have hardened her.
These difficult moments hardened her into a rigid, meticulous, somewhat unimaginative scientist.
When the medical examiner confirmed that her husband, Matthew Darby, was dead, she hardened her heart.
The American's defeats over the past year have hardened her resolve and she was not to be denied.
Her inability to control immigration from the EU for the past five years has hardened her scepticism about Europe.
This, Mr Campbell surmises, hardened her heart, strengthening her lifelong view of herself as an outsider who would eventually get even.
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She hardens her heart.
Her obvious popularity would harden her resolve to demand new elections, whatever the cost.
Her anxiety hardens her looks, a toll that her mother, played by Ms. Wilson, is only too happy to point out.
Portman can play angry easily and well; she hardens her lips, edges her voice, and moves quickly, shrugging people off.
Richard and Louisa are accompanied by Louisa's teenage daughter Melissa, minx and bully, a little madam diligently hardening her carapace in preparation for life.
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