die hard
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Already, however, in this earliest phase, new types cease to be invented; technical skill lingers on and dies hard, but inspiration has gone."
- "In Scotland, though, some of the Caledonian products have died hard. They were mostly good straightforward engines."
- "Another incentive to Glaswegians to make full use of their new facilities is that road-rail competition has died hard in this area and the prevailing fare levels, even though rail rates were recently increased, are somewhat low by standards elsewhere in Britain—[...]."