Idiom
harden someone's heart
Meaning
To make someone more resistant to something.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Years of disappointment hardened his heart against new friendships.”
“The constant betrayal by his business partners eventually hardened his heart, making him suspicious of everyone he met.”
“The relentless cruelty of the war had hardened his heart, leaving him unable to feel the empathy he once possessed for his fellow soldiers.”
Examples
simple
“Years of disappointment hardened his heart against new friendships.”
contextual
“The constant betrayal by his business partners eventually hardened his heart, making him suspicious of everyone he met.”
complex
“The relentless cruelty of the war had hardened his heart, leaving him unable to feel the empathy he once possessed for his fellow soldiers.”
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