Such an expensive project will be a hard sell during these slow economic times.
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Before the hard sell comes a pause.—Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026 Real estate agents whipped out their phones to put a hard sell on anything east of I-95.—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026 The hard sell of battery projects can also strengthen pushback.—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026 Paris doesn’t need a hard sell, but most visitors waste precious time bouncing between neighborhoods without a plan.—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hard sell