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.
  • 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
  • This grapefruit grows to 8-12 feet tall and is very hardy.
    oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Avoid plants that are short lived or not cold hardy for our area.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • Kale leaves may be the star of TBD Food’s kale salad, but its hardy stems shine in this sauce.
    Bon Appétit, 14 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • These hardy plants have evolved to survive in both extremes.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The Oregon State Landscape Plants page for your tree, here, lists it as hardy in zone 5 and even 4.
    oregonlive, 31 July 2021
  • This perennial plant does best in full sun and is hardy in Zones 5-9.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2024
  • These nifty tools are hardy, compact, and—with proper care—can last a long time.
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2023
  • It would not be considered winter hardy in the northern tier of the state.
    Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Many of the women here are a hardy lot of anglers – hunters too – of all ages and unafraid of a little cold.
    Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2023
  • There are so many different plants, but some of them aren’t hardy here.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2021
  • This is a hardy, can-take-it hardtail mountain bike for rugged trail rides.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Star magnolias, which grow in zones 3 to 10, are the most cold-hardy and often more shrub-like.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Cleyera is not reliably hardy in the northern tier of the state.
    Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2022
  • Here is a tale of hardy pioneers, in a little house on a prairie far, far away.
    Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 16 July 2021
  • Brooke’s backslide Brooke Schofield’s boomerang from TikTok hero to villain would give even the most hardy of drivers whiplash.
    Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2024
  • With carbon-dioxide starvation out of the picture, these hardy plants could perhaps live for 800 million extra years.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024

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