How to Use hardy in a Sentence

hardy

adjective
  • Hardy fans stuck with the team through good times and bad.
  • Most of the soldiers were hardy young men.
  • Only the hardiest pilgrims made the journey.
  • It would not be considered winter hardy in the northern tier of the state.
    Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2021
  • But these hardy creatures are small—roughly the size of a furry, stocky housecat.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
  • After saving the coyote, rescue crews gave the hardy animal a name: Phoenix.
    Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Nov. 2021
  • This hardy performer produces 2- to 3-inch-diameter leeks with blue-gray leaves and a mild flavor.
    Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Thus the triumph of kale in the past decade, a hardy and nutritious if not particularly lovable vegetable.
    New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • So, researchers are focusing on those hardy survivors, hoping to enhance their heat tolerance.
    Caleb Jones, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Here, the double-soft combination of a pinwale shirt with jumbo-wale trousers makes a hardy waxed jacket look urbane enough for the office.
    Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The hardy sandstone structures, the largest of which have been found to top three feet in length, are only located in sediments dating to the time of the impact.
    Katherine Kornei, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Horti's subscription service offers a gentle intro to indoor gardening starting you out with hardy plants that are easy to care for.
    Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 29 Nov. 2021
  • And rose of Sharon is cold hardy too, withstanding temperatures as low as 10 degrees without complaint.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 10 Aug. 2024
  • This roomy duffel is hardy enough to lug gym gear or ferry his cargo for a weekend in the country and is guaranteed to attract approving nods from in-the-know menswear aficionados.
    Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The cows — many Brahmans with origins in the subtropics and other hardy breeds — feed on leaves and beans from mesquite and palo verde trees and on grasses that grow after the rains and by the creek.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Those hardy microorganisms dwelling in microwaves could have other possible uses, such as cleaning up toxic waste, per Nature News.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2024
  • In developing his new skin-care brand, Beauty Thinkers, Castiglioni was intrigued by the trees’ hardy, centuries-long existence.
    WSJ, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Canadian scientists have created a super-black substance that has the potential to be cheaper, hardier and easier to manufacture … and it's made out of wood.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 31 July 2024
  • This hardy backpack from Nike will do just that, thanks to tough outer fabric, zip pockets that will keep essentials secure, and a daisy-chain loop on the front for you to clip on other items (carabiners not included).
    Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The darker the color, the more cold-hardy the stem tends to be.
    Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2022
  • But that’s hardy enough to warrant a drop from the No. 1 spot.
    oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Most of the seedlings were sea oats, a hardy species that can be found all the way up the coast to New Jersey.
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
  • There are over 800 species of this this hardy herbaceous plant.
    Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
  • It is supposed to be hardy from zone 6-9, so time will tell.
    Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Settlers on this non-Edenic patch of earth must be tough and hardy.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Many of them are cold-hardy, but read the plant tag or description to be sure.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 23 Feb. 2023
  • This plant is not reliably hardy in the northern tier of the state.
    Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 3 Jan. 2022
  • So, the middle of a slope is the sweet spot for borderline hardy plants.
    oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The big, pouched birds have proven quite adaptable and hardy, Volkert said.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2022
  • As the hot metal is driven over the hardy, it is either shaped or cut.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023

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