hardheaded

Example Sentences

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Even worse are the hardheaded dollars-and-cents realists of Wall Street who take this new reality as a given.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

“But of course, I’m hardheaded and got on social media.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

But behind the display of friendship was a backdrop of hardheaded geopolitics.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

I was hardheaded, self-contained and struggled to show affection toward the people I loved.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2022

I wanted to take my letter to a secret place and enjoy my mother’s words, even if she’d written You’re hardheaded, Delphine, like I knew she could.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia