case-hardened
Example Sentences
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For $10, the store will drill case-hardened screws to the bottom of shoes.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2016
Like Lauren Bacall and Veronica Lake, both of whom she resembled, Scott proved a perfect fit for the genre, easily able to play the case-hardened siren who snared and sometimes betrayed the anti-hero male star.
From US News • Feb. 7, 2015
Even the most case-hardened judge can be confronted with a set of facts that still have the capability to shock.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2014
A new police unit tracks such offenders in Washington, D.C., and "has dramatically reduced the ability of case-hardened offenders to escape through the loopholes of the criminal justice system," said Ford.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bush in the cross-head which forms the bearing for the cross-head pin is of wrought iron, case-hardened, and is prevented from rotating by the key shown.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan
