Examples of hard lines in a Sentence
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But McCarthy’s right flank from the House Freedom Caucus, a loose coalition of the most conservative lawmakers, have drawn hard lines on government spending.
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Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
Should Charter prevail, other pay-TV providers may similarly draw hard lines during their carriage negotiations with Disney, leading to further revenue woes.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
Some worry, though, that softer rhetoric could give way to hard lines — again.
—Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
Designed with fun in the sun in mind, this air sofa provides seating (and a bed when naptime calls) without the structure, weight, or hard lines.
—Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 21 July 2023
This is all the more impressive given the film’s sense of relaxation, its warm and humane rounding of the hard lines of his precise mechanisms—not least by way of the actors’ lively expressivity, which is perched lightly on the sharp edge of anger, pain, and conflict.
—Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2021
Talks his administration began on reviving the nuclear deal are currently off the table as both sides held to hard lines.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
Her own family story is difficult, as is often the case when war cuts hard lines through emotional bonds.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023
The wide, sometimes sad, sometimes weary and emotionally full eyes, the hard lines of the faces, the clear weight of their lives.
—Bob Guccione Jr, SPIN, 17 Feb. 2023
Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
Should Charter prevail, other pay-TV providers may similarly draw hard lines during their carriage negotiations with Disney, leading to further revenue woes.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
Some worry, though, that softer rhetoric could give way to hard lines — again.
—Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
Designed with fun in the sun in mind, this air sofa provides seating (and a bed when naptime calls) without the structure, weight, or hard lines.
—Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 21 July 2023
This is all the more impressive given the film’s sense of relaxation, its warm and humane rounding of the hard lines of his precise mechanisms—not least by way of the actors’ lively expressivity, which is perched lightly on the sharp edge of anger, pain, and conflict.
—Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2021
Talks his administration began on reviving the nuclear deal are currently off the table as both sides held to hard lines.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
Her own family story is difficult, as is often the case when war cuts hard lines through emotional bonds.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023
The wide, sometimes sad, sometimes weary and emotionally full eyes, the hard lines of the faces, the clear weight of their lives.
—Bob Guccione Jr, SPIN, 17 Feb. 2023
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First Known Use
1824, in the meaning defined above
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“Hard lines.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20lines. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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