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Meanings of case-hardened in English

Used of persons; emotionally hardened.

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        Usage of case-hardened in English
        1
        The old smug strut and case-hardened pomp of legislature inaugurals was lacking.
        The Masques of Ottawa
        2
        I'm getting case-hardened, but it does cut me to the quick sometimes-itdoes.
        Wives and Daughters
        3
        It seemed to be constructed from thick case-hardened steel or some other alloy.
        Beyond exile: day by day armageddon
        4
        All that was combustible had gone up in flames and only case-hardened iron remained.
        Watcher of the Dead
        5
        When Foster had finished, there were tears on case-hardened faces and the caucus adjourned.
        The Masques of Ottawa
        6
        I ought to be more case-hardened after my Afghan experiences.
        Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
        7
        His nervous system was pretty well "shot up"-ithad never been case-hardened.
        Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness
        8
        It is then squared at the base and case-hardened.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 / A Magaz...
        9
        The cuff was dense, case-hardened steel and she wasn't going to get it off easily.
        Ghost in the Shell
        10
        Evidently Vesuvius had no terrors for these case-hardened veterans.
        The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
        11
        We get "case-hardened" to trouble as the years bend our shoulders.
        Hiram the Young Farmer
        12
        And what ladies there be are weathered and case-hardened.'
        Gone to Earth
        13
        He becomes a keen, case-hardened tool, and no man.
        Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2
        14
        It is first forged, then dropped, trimmed, punched, drifted, milled, turned, filed, and lastly case-hardened.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 / A Magaz...
        15
        My constitution is so case-hardened that I believe I could live all the year at Spitzbergen.
        The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
        16
        The most practised and case-hardened soldier is not fond of having to wait for his enemy.
        The Dictator
        Case-hardened through the time