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Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : keys-hahr-dn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkeɪsˌhɑr dn

Definition of case-hardened

As in callous : adj cruel, insensitive
As in hardened : adj unfeeling
As in harden : verb accustom

Example sentences :

The worst company in Verona, Excellency—the most brazen, the most case-hardened.
Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

Her experience of the previous year had made her case-hardened.
Extract from : « Marjorie Dean College Freshman » by Pauline Lester

I thought I was case-hardened, but just tell me that you loved me then!
Extract from : « The Argosy » by Various

I have been so much buffeted about in war and by sea that I am case-hardened, and this too may go with the rest.
Extract from : « The Odyssey » by Homer

We get "case-hardened" to trouble as the years bend our shoulders.
Extract from : « Hiram The Young Farmer » by Burbank L. Todd

It's a merciless world, Miss St. Quentin, and no one knows that better than we case-hardened old sinners of doctors.
Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet

Case-hardened politicians and men about town avoided Martigny's, for the reason that they could never get enough there.
Extract from : « From School to Battle-field » by Charles King

They were case-hardened by continual contact with the war game, and too careless, perhaps, of flying lead.
Extract from : « Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany » by Horace Porter

Cam-shaft is of steel, with cams forged integral, drilled for lightness and forced-feed lubrication, and is case-hardened.
Extract from : « Aviation Engines » by Victor Wilfred Pag

His was a soul entirely cynical and atheistic; greedy of gain only, case-hardened by crime.
Extract from : « Darkness and Dawn » by Frederic W. Farrar

Synonyms for case-hardened

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