Case-hardened used in a sentence

Case-hardened in a sentence as an adjective

To be fair, aluminum isn't typically case-hardened, at least for this application.

They were codified, registered, numbered, stamped and even today I, as a case-hardened creature of an age of freedom and a citizen of the world-republic of my dreams, count every impression of a rubber-stamp in my passport a stigma, every one of those hearings and searches a humiliation.

However, this ruling went on to note "The fact that there is widespread existence of the jury's prerogative, and approval of its existence as a necessary counter to case-hardened judges and arbitrary prosecutors, does not establish as an imperative that the jury must be informed by the judge of that power".In other words, the judge is free to 'command' that the jury rule only on the law, not on its justice.