hard-core
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But they were being advanced by an infuriated and highly unrepresentative hard core.
From New York Times
When protected by the secret ballot, the hard core was going a little soft.
From Washington Post
You have to take a hard core stance between what you can and cannot do so that you are okay.
From Seattle Times
Brian Hughes breaks radicalization down into three stages: the people “circling the drain” and just considering extremist ideas; the “hard core” like those who stormed the U.S.
From Seattle Times
"I don’t like the real twangy, hard core, straight ahead old style country music. I like some of it, but on a steady diet, no."
From Fox News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.