Ours is a hardened attitude that says, "I know it's raining, but I can't hold an umbrella and manage my scooter at the same time."

But at times the program seems to be offering a few too many rationalizations for Mr. bin Laden's hardened attitudes.

Some of them served in the Civil War, which has given them a hardened attitude toward violence.

An old saying ran through Felix's mind, seeing the LT's hardened attitude: It's better to be sure than right.

Polarisation is encouraged by bickering between 'charismatic' and traditional churches and hardened attitudes.

Only people with a hardened attitude to their fellow man/woman could allow such things to happen.

The native of Arkansas had a hardened attitude concerning the kind of reception he would receive from the home fans.

"I come up with the hardened attitude that rehabilitation isn't working, and I have very little empathy or sympathy for people who have broken the law."

Ada Lumb, her mother, appears briefly and has a very hardened attitude towards love and relationships.

The Watch Tower Society responded with a new, hardened attitude towards the treatment of expelled Witnesses.