How to Use hard-core in a Sentence

hard-core

1 of 2 adjective
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  • Some people dress up, and hard-core fans can be found in jeans.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The major draw for hard-core film geeks will be the visuals.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
  • And a great many hard-core wrestling fans were actually in on the joke.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Dec. 2023
  • But what remains is more than enough to leave the most hard-core Swiftie spent with delight.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
  • That’s a problem because the most hard-core racers are tempted to speed up and take their chances.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • For decades, Kirschenbaum was the doyenne of hard-core opera buffs who populated the standing-room sections at the Met.
    — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • But even the most hard-core Trekkie will testify that The Wrath of Khan remains the series' undisputed high point.
    — Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Read full article When the frost begins to fade, hard-core outdoor bathers turn on the water to begin the season.
    — Beth Treffeisen, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
  • But that also means that AMG’s version is—on paper, at least—less of a hard-core sports car than the outgoing model.
    — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
  • And while some hard-core purists may wince, the demolition crew has been instructed to tear out the original brick pit.
    — Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Today, the bare-bones base still attracts hard-core skiers who don’t mind using an outhouse and preparing meals on a camp stove.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2024
  • This detector is an investment for the hard-core treasure hunter.
    — Bobbi Dempsey, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The former president has hard-core supporters in Iowa who will back him no matter what.
    — Mario Parker, al, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That did not assuage the hard-core fans, however, and some even went so far as to create a Change.org petition to try to convince Patrón to reverse course.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Maybe a few hard-core film fans knew about the director’s role, but movies were predominantly star-driven.
    — Simon Abrams, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2023
  • This dehumanizing rhetoric went down well with many of Trump’s hard-core supporters.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023
  • This is a cocktail book both for seasoned drinkers who love film noir and hard-core movie fans just beginning their foray into mixology.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2023
  • The filmmaker, a hard-core Dune fan himself who first read the books at 13-years-old, previously told EW that making cuts was one of the most difficult parts of bringing the story to life.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Patrick is a darling of the hard-core conservative voters who dominate Texas primaries.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 26 June 2023
  • Former senior regime officials and other hard-core supporters of Saddam clearly had no role in the future of Iraq.
    — David Petraeus, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
  • With the help of their hard-core fans, the energy and excitement are undeniable and the group is ready to fill the New Orleans Superdome with a nostalgic yet fresh blend of vocals and harmonies.
    — Kenyatta Victoria, Essence, 28 June 2023
  • But in recent years, that relationship has, to some extent, broken down, because some of the hard-core faith groups have become, in some ways, apolitical.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2023
  • This adventure is for the hardest of hard-core romantics, people capable of seeing beyond just what’s there.
    — Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2023
  • These features, the thinking goes, will be more in demand when the ship is in places like Southern Europe, say, where there’s less hard-core adventure and a more immersive shore-side experience.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2024
  • But even hard-core carnivores will enjoy the zesty flavors and creative combinations.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2024
  • However, even the most hard-core college football followers may be hard-pressed to cite qualifications for the Burlsworth Trophy.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Anthony Larson describes himself as a hard-core ice fisher.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
  • More than a week into the trial, the prosecution’s case doesn’t appear to be driven by the kind of bombshell revelations that might sway hard-core Paxton supporters.
    — Morgan O'Hanlon, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But most clients were Mexico City natives, hard-core taco enthusiasts, passionate — and picky — about their cherished dish.
    — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
  • Much of the hard-core alt-right remembers and is vocally bitter about this, but everyone else has largely reached an undeclared yet firm position on the subject.
    — Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 22 Mar. 2023
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hard core

2 of 2 noun
  • He knows that he can count on the support of a hard core of party loyalists.
  • What used to be the clinic’s waiting room now has a small stage where punk and hardcore bands come to play.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 23 June 2023
  • None of this matters to Trump, who must appease the bigots who form the hard core of his support.
    — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Since then, even as so much else has happened, that hard core hasn’t shifted.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • When Mushy’s mind is set on something, Mushy goes after it hard core.
    — Michael Schneider, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • That peaceful approach could change if the hard core feels cornered.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Tuesday is for keynotes and consumer hardware, and the next three day are for hard core geeks.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • Not even the hardest core NRA types are happy about felons packing heat.
    — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 11 July 2018
  • According to Elon Musk, how long in 24 hours should someone rest from hard core work?
    — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Many cameras can be ruggedized with the addition of a case, but the GoPro is hard core on its own.
    — Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2020
  • But only hard core, old school gamers are going to take notice.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • This does not suggest there is a hard core of consumers who will keep companies in line.
    — The Economist, 27 July 2019
  • Pick raspberries when the fruit is firm but soft, deeply colored, and easily slides off the hard core.
    — Melinda Myers, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • Or at least that's how the guy at the carwash sees them: both too hard core for his suburban operation.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 4 June 2020
  • All of the adaptations hope to capitalize on the games’ devoted base of hard core fans.
    — Gianmaria Tammaro, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The 'curva' often alludes to the part of the stadium where a club's hard core spectators or 'ultras' sit.
    — Ravi Ubha, Gianluca Mezzofiore and George Ramsay, CNN, 5 Nov. 2019
  • The suffix -core comes from hard core, which at first (1841) referred to broken bricks or stones that formed the hard substratum of roads and foundations.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Twenty years after School of Rock, Jack Black is still living hardcore.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The former chef, along with a handful of other hard core royal fans, has been sleeping in a red tent outside of the Lindo Wing since April 9.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2018
  • This comes as a bit of a bummer for the many astronomers and astrophysicists who — not shockingly — are hard core Trekkers.
    — Eric MacK, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • That's where the convenient features end because this bike is pretty hard core.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Oct. 2019
  • With her powerful legs and rock-hard core, Magone can kick and walk on logs as narrow as 11 inches — sometimes for more than an hour.
    — Yadira Sanchez Olson, Lake County News-Sun, 27 June 2018
  • In KGB’s heyday, the District was home to underground punk, hard core, hip-hop and go-go music scenes, all with their own taggers.
    — Anthony J. Rivera, Washington Post, 28 June 2018
  • While the Morizo Edition is street legal, it’s really tuned to be even more hard core on the track than the already speedy Circuit edition.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • Most of the talk was about the weather, football, home towns, and travel destinations, rather than hard core politics.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 16 Feb. 2020
  • Experts on extremism say that the hard core of the far right is apt to become more extreme, and that there’s a high risk of political violence in the months to come.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2021
  • What to Consider: This is a little hardcore and a little pricey for everyday beach trips.
    — Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Primus and Mastodon are both bands that come from the world of heavy metal but resist categorization: The former blends it with prog rock and funk; the latter skews toward thrash and hard core.
    — New York Times, 31 May 2018
  • Strong believers in political violence, that 5%, are the hardest of the hard core.
    — David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
  • For the hard core hikers, anything under 10 miles in rugged conditions might not be considered a real hike.
    — Field & Stream, 9 Mar. 2021

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