hard sell

Example Sentences

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You should be skeptical of companies making a hard sell.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

That is a hard sell and most would seem to accept this as a VAR red card.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

I convinced my wife to go to synagogue, which is a hard sell.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

These figures provide an opportune moment for some optimism and a hard sell of the UK to the rest of the world.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

That was as far as the hard sell went.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides