The phrase "hardened skeptics" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe people who are extremely skeptical and resistant to change or new ideas. Example: Despite the overwhelming evidence presented to them, the hardened skeptics refused to believe in the existence of the Loch Ness monster.
Unlike some hardened skeptics, I don't think none of them will happen.
People who have memories of being abducted by aliens become hardened skeptics, of a kind.
Hardened skeptics say Marisol should be left to her own fate, but by that logic the bank executing this foreclosure would have already gone belly-up.
And glimpses of brilliance like the one he offered during Sunday's third quarter have turned some of the most hardened skeptics into believers.
Now, six years into a rebound spawned by more appealing food and a less aggressive expansion, McDonald's seems to have won over some of its most hardened skeptics.
Even the most hardened skeptics who had fought the league's approach for years sensed that Tuesday was a moment for détente.
There is something about an evening snowstorm and an empty hotel ballroom — the cold, stale silence punctuated by creaks and groans — that can make even a hardened skeptic turn superstitious.
But by the end of this expertly told tale, she may persuade even the most hardened skeptic that Rin Tin Tin belongs on Mount Rushmore with George Washington and Teddy Roosevelt, or at least somewhere nearby with John Wayne and Seabiscuit.
Even the most hardened skeptic of the self-expression free-for-all has to admit that plenty of nonprofessional creators, ignoring the wants and needs of the market, have produced priceless gifts for the rest of us to enjoy.
The displays transport you to a tropical island or to a desert, if just for an hour, and the flowers and plants have a soothing effect on even the most hardened skeptic.
By Ben McGrath There is something about an evening snowstorm and an empty hotel ballroom — the cold, stale silence punctuated by creaks and groans — that can make even a hardened skeptic turn superstitious.
