hard-bitten
Example Sentences
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Taylor’s Inez, possessed of a hard-bitten skill for self-preservation, stays one step ahead, constantly moving forward, a soft shred of hope her only cold comfort.
From Los Angeles Times
Her character, Inez, possessed of a hard-bitten skill for self-preservation, stays one step ahead, constantly moving forward, a soft shred of hope her only cold comfort.
From Seattle Times
Bob is the outsider’s outsider: a sassy, hard-bitten, pint-size stray.
From New York Times
But the pristine white robes of his captors raised suspicions that they were not really hard-bitten militants.
From Washington Post
“Other people who saw it in the office cried. There are a lot of fairly hard-bitten political people here.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
