hard ball
Example Sentences
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"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
She said the record level of borrowing would only become a problem "if our creditors started wanting to play hard ball or if we were in a situation where we had higher interest rates".
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2020
It’s time for Nancy Pelosi to stop playing hard ball.
From Slate • Oct. 8, 2020
“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
A boy threw a hard ball at a geranium pot on Imm Janan’s front step and it shattered.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
