Hardens

She takes a stop toward the forcefield … then stops … her expression hardens … ❋ Various Authors (1998)

Over time, the resin hardens into a translucent yellow material that preserves them. ❋ Ian Sample (2010)

The skin hardens with each subsequent rejection … first by agents, then by editors. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I love the idea of the soap being so whipped that when it "hardens", it feels like a marshmallow. ❋ Anne-Marie (2007)

To my understanding, hydrogenation is what "hardens" oils to a semi-solid state. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Once the resin hardens, he slices these large, heavy "fruitcakes" into thin slices and places them in rather formal arrangements on the wall or seemingly incidental clusters on the floor. ❋ Edward Goldman (2011)

Then you write the date in the mortar before it hardens. ❋ Jo Nesbo (2011)

If you have ever used foaming gel toothpastes, then you know that a little bit leaks out after every use and hardens into a shell that has to be wiped out before the next use (unless you like using rocky toothpaste). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Over the course of a traumatizing month on switchback trails and swaying log bridges, Mr. Adams hardens into a reasonable facsimile of a competent day hiker, though not a mountaineer. ❋ Gerard Helferich (2011)

Try salting the bait, keeping cool for a few days until it hardens. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But what we have also seen in these last months is the same partisan spectacle that only hardens the disdain many Americans have toward their own government. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pushing through Survival Season fuels the soul, hardens you up. ❋ Jason Gay (2011)

But in choosing -- and reinforcing -- the clichés of school reform, Waiting for "Superman" naively endorses an inflammatory politics that only hardens people and their positions. ❋ Jonathan Gyurko (2010)

The most common side effect remains scar tissue which hardens around the implant, warping the shape of the breast. ❋ Unknown (2011)