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
The verdict’s out on a more hardheaded and unruly species.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 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
“You're hardheaded, but you’re smart. You can read better than any of us. And the way you do those numbers, all in your head...”
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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