to the core

idiom

: in a very complete or extreme way

—used for emphasis

He is patriotic to the core.

Her family is English to the core.

He's rotten to the core.

They were shaken to the core.

Examples of to the core in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hollowed to the core, the Haitian state exists in name only. —

Monique Clesca, Washington Post, 18 June 2024 Patel asked, admitting that his interaction with the menacing stranger rattled him to the core. —

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024 Now the kid who has grown up around horses and ridden horses since high school, an equestrian to the core, has a pony car. —

Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2024 Trump's lawyers are looking for any indication that the jury will probe issues surrounding Cohen's credibility, which cuts to the core of their defense, according to the sources. —

Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 30 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for to the core

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