Examples of rock-hard in a Sentence
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Sometimes, the frame is transfixed by haunting, practically subliminal changes fomenting on a subconscious level, as Dua is shaken from within, and the remarkable Matoshi doles out nuggets of recognizable emotion from beneath her rock-hard exterior.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026
The failure of teams like the Mets, Phillies, and Red Sox will only enforce the MLB Players Association’s rock-hard stance that baseball doesn’t need a salary cap.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 May 2026
Nor does anyone spouting rock-hard opinions in recent weeks about Malik Willis with little more than scant and seductive game film.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Cream alone would freeze rock-hard.
—Beth Kracklauer, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
Gro-Low sumac struggles like most other plants if the planting bed consists of rock-hard subsoil.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Icicles and a rock-hard block of ice form at the gutters and soffits.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026
Hudson donned a peachy sequined two-piece set that, ever so demurely, exposed her rock-hard abs.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
In del Toro’s eyes, the Creature (Jacob Elordi) is a godlike figure with superhuman strength and endurance and a chiseled physique that literally repels bullets off of his rock-hard abs.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026
The failure of teams like the Mets, Phillies, and Red Sox will only enforce the MLB Players Association’s rock-hard stance that baseball doesn’t need a salary cap.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 May 2026
Nor does anyone spouting rock-hard opinions in recent weeks about Malik Willis with little more than scant and seductive game film.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Cream alone would freeze rock-hard.
—Beth Kracklauer, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
Gro-Low sumac struggles like most other plants if the planting bed consists of rock-hard subsoil.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Icicles and a rock-hard block of ice form at the gutters and soffits.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026
Hudson donned a peachy sequined two-piece set that, ever so demurely, exposed her rock-hard abs.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
In del Toro’s eyes, the Creature (Jacob Elordi) is a godlike figure with superhuman strength and endurance and a chiseled physique that literally repels bullets off of his rock-hard abs.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Rock-hard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rock-hard. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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