How to Use rock-hard in a Sentence

rock-hard

adjective
  • Cream alone would freeze rock-hard.
    — Beth Kracklauer, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Icicles and a rock-hard block of ice form at the gutters and soffits.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Miller recommends waiting until after a good rain if the soil is rock-hard.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Gro-Low sumac struggles like most other plants if the planting bed consists of rock-hard subsoil.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The memory foam is supportive without feeling rock-hard, and the adjustable straps help keep everything in place even when turbulence hits.
    — Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 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
  • 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
  • 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.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026

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