How to Use hard-hitting in a Sentence

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• This one will give you all the feels and some hard-hitting action.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
• The hard-hitting match made use of a table, chairs, steel steps and a ring mat, but not the cell.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
• Garcia’s hard-hitting style clashed at times with others in his movement.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
• The match was fast-paced and featured hard-hitting action as all competitors tried to make quick work of each other.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
• The hard-hitting Santiaguel should be the anchor on defense.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
• The hard-hitting sophomore ended up going 2-for-4 with a solo home run.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
• Stanton, meanwhile, is 4-for-8 so far this season following a hard-hitting spring.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
• And Morello and Dunn’s movie is very much for aficionados, more a love letter than a thorough, hard-hitting deep dive.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
• That wasn't the only hard-hitting question Stern asked Roker during the broadcast.
  — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
• Finally, someone was asking the hard-hitting questions.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
• Paul missed an uppercut and Cena responded with a hard-hitting clothesline.
  — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• Dallas spoke to the hard-hitting linebacker in Indianapolis.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
• Along with his leadership, Gudas is a physical, hard-hitting presence, much like the rest of the Panthers’ roster.
  — Ava Dicecca, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
• The hard-hitting style of Japanese professional wrestling here on American soil.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
• The 2026 Iowa State Fair will open with hard-hitting country music and close with Christian pop.
  — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 14 Jan. 2026
• Defensively, Eastern Hills is physical, hard-hitting and quick.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
• The hard-hitting safety who played for his dad at Colorado was waived by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last August.
  — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
• Shady Srour is a Palestinian-Israeli auteur making his way in a difficult climate to produce hard-hitting work.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 July 2026
• Sonza’s version stays truthful to the song’s sentiment, but is amped by a hard-hitting Brazilian Funk beat, powered by lyrics in Portuguese.
  — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
• With so much varsity experience back for a program known for its grit and hard-hitting style, the Vanguards should be in the hunt for one of the league’s three automatic playoff berths.
  — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2026
• The Michigan Advance is a hard-hitting, nonprofit news site covering politics and policy across the state.
  — Amber Bellazaire, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026
• Put into bat, Afghanistan had got off to a poor start – hard-hitting Rahmanullah Gurbaz was out for a two-ball duck to Jasprit Bumrah.
  — ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
• The hard-hitting defensive back can play both safety and nickel corner and should start at one of those two spots (with Bryce Fitzgerald starting at the other of the two positions).
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
• All Elite Wrestling’s (AEW) first Clockwork Carnage is shaping up to be a hard-hitting affair.
  — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
• The hard-hitting outfield prospect impressed him from afar long ago, and when the Red Sox called Anthony up, Bogaerts knew he wouldn’t be getting sent down any time soon.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
• Benjamin Satterley, the hard-hitting and high-flying professional wrestler known to fans worldwide simply as Pac, died at 40.
  — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
• Each post should be under 50 words, hit hard with the first line (6-12 words, hard-hitting statement, definitely not a question), and feel complete without context.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• Skillet’s newest songs are on After the Storm, a hard-hitting heavy metal EP to be released October 2.
  — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026
• And it's brought to our audience a wide range of compelling stories – from personal narratives to sound-rich explorations of places and events to hard-hitting journalism on issues and topics that are important to students.
  — Janet W. Lee, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
• Seattle has one of the best defensive fronts in the league and a hard-hitting linebacker tandem, headlined by second-team All-Pro Ernest Jones IV.
  — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026