Examples of hard sell in a Sentence
Such an expensive project will be a hard sell during these slow economic times.
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In 2008, a slight majority of state voters were persuaded by Schwarzenegger’s hard sell and a grossly dishonest official ballot argument to provide just under $10 billion in bond seed money for a $43 billion statewide bullet-train system that they were told would be complete by 2020.
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Republicans control a trifecta in Washington — the House, Senate and White House — meaning that blaming Democrats for a shutdown could be a hard sell.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 8 Sep. 2025
Sean Payton put the hard sell on Sam Ehlinger over the past few days.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2025
The car business is one with razor-thin margins; adding any new component to a vehicle can be a hard sell.
—Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 22 Aug. 2025
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Republicans control a trifecta in Washington — the House, Senate and White House — meaning that blaming Democrats for a shutdown could be a hard sell.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 8 Sep. 2025
Sean Payton put the hard sell on Sam Ehlinger over the past few days.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2025
The car business is one with razor-thin margins; adding any new component to a vehicle can be a hard sell.
—Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hard sell
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“Hard sell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20sell. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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