hard ball
Example Sentences
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He said with any other product, supermarkets would "play hard ball on margins" with suppliers.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024
"I was really only thinking about hitting a hard ball," said Tsutsugo, who has homered five times on nine hits since signing with the Pirates on Aug. 16.
From Fox News • Aug. 29, 2021
“It was a hard ball to catch because I looked inside and the ball went outside,” Pelham said of his 13th touchdown of the season.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2019
Feel the glycerinlike viscosity of the thread stage, and the glass-eel stage of the soft ball, and then the icicle look of the hard ball, which is as firm as candle wax when pressed.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2017
Archie’s fury was a cold hard ball in his chest but he played it cool.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
