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

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

The hardheaded reader will object that one of these examples isn’t like the others.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

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

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2022

We may be hardheaded and I know we’re far too proud, but, in the hour of need, believe me that there’s no one you’d rather have at your side than a Pashtun.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini