How to Use hard-core in a Sentence

hard-core

1 of 2 adjective

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Madeline Heim Anthony Larson describes himself as a hard-core ice fisher.
  — Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
• The symmetry of the format represented its own form of perfection, and its clean knockout format broadened its appeal to hard-core and casual fans alike.
  — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2023
• The notion that someone in prison has paid his debt to society has taken a beating in recent decades, replaced by a hard-core belief that compassion has no place in the realm of incarceration.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
• There are hard-core fruitarians who only eat things that fell to the ground naturally, thus sparing the apple or orange or fig tree any unnecessary trauma.
  — David Sedaris, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2023
• Still, according to security officials, a small cell of hard-core settlers plotted acts of sedition.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 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.
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• This is another treadmill built for runners with a hardcore, 4-horsepower motor that’s good for a 13-MPH max speed.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024