hard-wearing
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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They are also hard-wearing, which means they can be drained and recovered to play football on.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
For tips on designing a hard-wearing gym that’s a joy to use, we asked designers how they approach workout spaces.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022
The hard-wearing, all-weather textile hearkens to an older, simpler way of life, its history touching on both the doings of British royals and local farm life.
From National Geographic • Jan. 14, 2021
More than just a retail experience, Jeans Street is a homage to denim, with the hard-wearing blue fabric referenced in everything from vending machines to drain covers and signs to public loos.
From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2019
There is a constant daily issue of hard-wearing substance camouflaged as "biscuit," intended originally for the heel of concrete ships and for bomb-proof blockhouses.
From Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry by Blicq, A. Stanley
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