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
Disadvantage of the wax treatment is that the unbandaged patient is usually an unpretty sight, even to case-hardened hospital attendants.
From Time Magazine Archive
The multitude then swarmed into Washington, my boy, and if they don't smother the Tax Bill, it will be because Congress is case-hardened.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
