Her eyes glared at him with a fire of rage that gave even him, a battle-hardened veteran, pause.

Scott himself is a battle-hardened veteran of many a bruising Hollywood tussle, on and off camera.

Crispin's men were battle-hardened veterans, well treated by him and deeply loyal.

These were battle-hardened veterans, and they didn't scare easily.

The decision to fire would be hard for anyone except a battle-hardened veteran.

Yet the man before him was no raw recruit, but a battle-hardened veteran.

Against them stood 4,000 Swedes, considerably fewer, but consisting of battle-hardened veterans.

The Bands - his battle-hardened veterans - simply could not tolerate this sort of input.

The cavalry were a mixture, some battle-hardened veterans, others recruits from the south.

With every trooper fully prepared, carrying the skills and experience of a battle-hardened veteran.