His position later hardened, and he refused to perform such marriages under any circumstances.

I ask him if his position has hardened on the issue of whether the eurozone could really break apart.

Debates were held over the issues, though usually positions had already hardened beyond persuasion.

Then your position on the union would harden, and we'd have even more trouble discussing things intelligently.

The Europeans fear that positions will harden unless the parties are forced to start negotiating again.

"I think the positions have hardened," he said, predicting that the strike will last "until one side brings the other to its knees."

Yes, friends said, but it was also a man whose position had hardened considerably over the last few months.

But Japan insists on getting all the islands back, and its position, if anything, has hardened in recent years.

To some degree, positions are hardening on both sides when they shouldn't be.

But with a vast amount of detail to work out, positions hardened on both sides.