hard-driving
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The result can be heard in songs like the hard-driving “Is It Real?” in which Hollywell roars about mental illness and divine intervention, while Santos coats it all in steel honey.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
The original movie, which was based on the best-selling 2003 novel of the same name, focused on the world of Miranda Priestly, the hard-driving, taste-making editor of the fictional Runway magazine.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
With rare exceptions, bosses typically stand in as the villains in workplace movies and are often portrayed as manipulative, hard-driving taskmasters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
The hard-driving presence of bandleader and narrator Jeb Brown suffuses the production with Americana authenticity, vibrantly maintained by music director Rebekah Bruce and music supervisor Dean Sharenow.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025
A man in an elegant red cardinal's robe and a high lace collar stood resting against an enormous Bible and now began to lead a hard-driving hymn which the congregation shouted in the unknown tongue.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
