Hardened has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Years of farm work have hardened his body. | |
| 2. | I became hardened to punishing pupils. | |
| 3. | He hardened clay by putting it into a fire. | |
| 4. | He hardened his heart against her. | |
| 5. | Switzerland hardened its immigration policy. | |
| 6. | Samuel Johnson draws his own portrait as "a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of the fascinating plant; who with tea amused the evening, with tea solaced the midnight, and with tea welcomed the morning." | |
| 7. | Tartar is a form of hardened dental plaque. | |
| 8. | Before pouring cement mixture into forms for a foundation, the work crew securely place an armature of steel bars at a predetermined spacing in order to reinforce the finished building's hardened concrete. If a piece of steel is not long enough to span the required distance, the workers will overlap two pieces and tie them together to form a strong splice. | |
| 9. | Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened. He will fight savagely. | |
| 10. | Even a hardened policeman can't be prepared for such a cruel murder scene. |