Earth had tried to tax and rule its colonies with a hard hand.

The man reached down a large hard hand to help me.

Once she reached up her small, hard hand and clutched at one of his.

He started for the door, only to be brought up short by a hard hand on his arm.

Before he could move, hard hands had him by each arm.

And the hard hand of friendship will help one through almost any course.

There was movement among the women left in the room, and rough, hard hands came to my arms.

The hard hand moved, but his grip on her remained.

Hawkins had a hard hand and knew where to hold an arm.

Her small hard hand moved under the table and came to rest on my thigh.