During Sunday lunch in Jamaica, many households serve hard food such as cassava, yams, and plantains alongside stewed salted fish.

The old species died hard, resisting extinction despite centuries of human pressure.

The hard-driving manager pushed the team to exceed their targets without complaint.

At the seafood festival, we sampled steamed hard clams served with garlic butter.

In competitive games, hard losers often blame the rules rather than admit mistakes.

He's such a hard loser that he storms out of the room whenever he loses a game.

When she performs on stage, her energy goes hard and the crowd responds.

The mud had gone hard overnight, making the path difficult to dig.

During the finals, our team went hard and secured the championship.

After seeing the scoreboard, the team started going hard in the final quarter to close the gap.