Sentence examples for hardened characters from inspiring English sources

Allen & Unwin; 228 pages; A$29.95Set in the Australian Outback and written in a taut poetic style perfectly suited to the hardened characters who inhabit it, "Other Country" is unusual for the language of its landscape.

We have captured a terrorist, but he is a hardened character.

Sarah is a hard and hardened character, yet Ms Linney deftly reveals the chinks in her armour.

A possible reply to Reitan's argument, as just briefly summarized, is that our free choices can create a hardened character, which in turn places constraints on future free choices.

Managing Sunderland has always had the capacity to reduce grown men to tears but it was a still a surprise to see a battle-hardened character renowned for occasionally employing the iron fist in an iron glove in such a condition.

Suddenly, these hardened, occasionally inhumane characters were given a chance to explore what it means to be alive in this world: Daryl notices Beth chooses not to grieve or even acknowledge the death of her boyfriend; Glen and Maggie face a potential pregnancy; and Carl takes on a parental role with his baby sister, whom he delivered after killing his his own mother.

Each of them grows and changes in ways that give "The Lotus Eaters" dramatic impact even when its characters become hardened and battle-weary.

I sometimes fear that a narrow artistic palette can be mistaken for critical standards, and I believe it's past time to dispense with prejudices about character, emotivity and realism that hardened during the 19th century: a strongly realist character-based novel isn't a bad thing, but it isn't the only thing.

I shall be taking myself to the first ever DWJ conference in Bristol this July, to indulge alongside other hardened cases who have fiddled the character quiz to make themselves come out as Chrestomanci.

Outside of its great story, Cho wanted to put an "Asian face" onto what is usually a white character, that of the hardened detective.

His post-election news conference displayed a series of character traits that have become hardened and exaggerated under the pressure of defeat.