hard-line
adjective
: advocating or involving a rigidly uncompromising course of action
a hard-line policy
Examples of hard-line in a Sentence
a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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Which was a better outcome for him than in Hungary, where his 11th-hour campaign appearance with Prime Minister Viktor Orban could not prevent the hard-line leader from falling to election defeat.
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Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2026
And though some voters are pleased with the president’s moves to shut down the southern border, his hard-line immigration agenda inside the United States has sparked large-scale protests across the state.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 17 Apr. 2026
López Aliaga, the ultraconservative former mayor of Peru’s capital, Lima, focuses on a hard-line security agenda, proposing to build prisons in the country’s Amazon region, allowing judges to conceal their identities and expelling foreigners who are living illegally in Peru.
—Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
After the United States and Israel killed dozens of Iranian government leaders, the new regime has been filled by members of the Revolutionary Guard who are more hard-line, militaristic, and reckless than their predecessors.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026
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Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2026
And though some voters are pleased with the president’s moves to shut down the southern border, his hard-line immigration agenda inside the United States has sparked large-scale protests across the state.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 17 Apr. 2026
López Aliaga, the ultraconservative former mayor of Peru’s capital, Lima, focuses on a hard-line security agenda, proposing to build prisons in the country’s Amazon region, allowing judges to conceal their identities and expelling foreigners who are living illegally in Peru.
—Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
After the United States and Israel killed dozens of Iranian government leaders, the new regime has been filled by members of the Revolutionary Guard who are more hard-line, militaristic, and reckless than their predecessors.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hard-line
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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-line. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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