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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Republicans control a trifecta in Washington — the House, Senate and White House — meaning that blaming Democrats for a shutdown could be a hard sell.
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Aris Folley, The Hill, 8 Sep. 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
Deck shamelessly barges into a victim’s hospital room and offers to represent him in any pending litigation, giving him the hard sell.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
For some, the hard sell on social media isn’t right at all because no one is going to immediately buy that product during a scroll session.
—Keith Bendes, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Aris Folley, The Hill, 8 Sep. 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
Deck shamelessly barges into a victim’s hospital room and offers to represent him in any pending litigation, giving him the hard sell.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
For some, the hard sell on social media isn’t right at all because no one is going to immediately buy that product during a scroll session.
—Keith Bendes, Forbes.com, 12 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 14 Sep. 2025.
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