Sentence examples for authentic hard from inspiring English sources

Critic Anthony Boucher wrote: "Donald Hamilton has brought to the spy novel the authentic hard realism of Dashiell Hammett; and his stories are as compelling, and probably as close to the sordid truth of espionage, as any now being told".

The store is an upscale international grocery and delicatessen with a distinct menu that includes authentic, hard to find ingredients from around the country and the world.

The mission of Sarrica's Market is to provide Moab, Utah's residents and visitors with an upscale grocery store, gift shop, and delicatessen specializing in a combination of quality, authentic, hard to find, grocery items from around the world.

The mission of Sarrica's Market is to provide Moab, Utah's residents and visitors with a combination of quality, authentic, hard to find, grocery items and prepared foods, with good service and a pleasant atmosphere with the warm feel of an Old-World outdoor market.

Though all of the Raval has been commingled with the Barrio Chino (Barri Xinès in Catalan, Chinese Quarter in English, but known universally as the Barrio Chino), the authentic, hard-core "Chino" is everything between Carrer Hospital and the port on the bottom right side of the Rambla facing east.

The faces of the people in the town pub are authentic and hard bitten.

And if the playing by the Cotton Club All-Stars wasn't entirely without blemish, it had an authentic bounce hard to find among less seasoned big-band players.

There is also the option for different drum heads: calf skin is completely authentic but hard to manage as all weather distorts the sound.

And thirdly, the denouement is more like 70s parody Murder By Death than authentic Ellrovian hard-bitten dialogue.

WHILE YOU'RE THERE Downtown Flushing gives visitors a chance to sample authentic and hard-to-find flavors from almost every region of China.

It's just so authentic, it's hard to project the strange conventions of the role-playing genre – multiple hits to take down characters, stats, buffs, etc – onto these familiar streets.