How to Use hard core in a Sentence

hard core

noun
  • He knows that he can count on the support of a hard core of party loyalists.
  • What used to be the clinic’s waiting room now has a small stage where punk and hardcore bands come to play.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 23 June 2023
  • 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 | McAson@al.com, 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

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