hard case

Example Sentences

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Even in the handful of places where homeowners can argue they are being unfairly assessed based on another assessment, such as Iowa, it’s a hard case to win, she said.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

Kieron Moore’s Slovacek is the hard case who is in the Corps to avoid prison.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

The chief judge of the 5th Circuit, Priscilla Richman, wrote the majority opinion and basically just quoted big chunks of the Supreme Court’s 2012 decision to show that this is not a hard case.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2024

“It was a very hard case to solve from the onset,” he said in a video.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

If you don’t know how, you can end up out of control or controlled by some outside thing like that hard case last winter.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison