Most of the soldiers were hardy young men. Hardy fans stuck with the team through good times and bad.
Only the hardiest pilgrims made the journey.
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White Zinnias These hardy flowers from Mexico have had my heart for years; their bold colors simply scream summer.—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 June 2025 Even grimmer than this, there's no guarantee that the laws of physics are the same in a baby universe as their parent universe, meaning an unpredictable fate and potentially a messy death for a hardy multinaut able to brave a black hole doorway.—Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 June 2025 The towering peaks and glaciers have made the park a destination for hardy mountaineers for decades.—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 20 June 2025 These hardy souls have built a beautiful, self-sustaining, hippielike community: Sheep graze placidly in the fields.—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hardy
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Etymology
Middle English hardi, from Anglo-French, from Old French *hardir to make hard, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English heard hard
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