hardman

British  

/ ˈhɑːdˌmæn /

noun

1. a tough, ruthless, or violent man

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Example Sentences

Upcoming anniversaries of American independence should remind us of the Founders’ accomplishments, while Mr. Hardman’s book shows a fatal other path that still casts its shadow.

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He had feared a national assembly, as Mr. Hardman notes, “because he would have no moral authority to restrain one.”

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In claiming power to give France a new constitution, Mr. Hardman notes, the assembly “had usurped the rights of the people as well as the king.”

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None of the figures Mr. Hardman discusses, including Maximilien Robespierre, the provincial lawyer known for his inflexible character and unity of purpose, could break the pattern.

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Mr. Hardman contrasts the social changes needed to create an open elite with the social turmoil of France’s failed political revolution.

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