hardhead

Example Sentences

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Her husband, something of a hardhead, would certainly listen to this guy.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

If you're expecting the Mariners to magically contend for the AL West crown, go ahead and yell now and bang your hardhead against that wall all season.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2011

The thought of warships abuilding on sheltered inland seas, of ocean-going freighters plowing to the docks of Detroit, appealed to many a hardhead aware of the labyrinthine economic dangers of the project.

From Time Magazine Archive

We knew he was a hardhead; his insecurity was less apparent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Puritan, paranoiac, sybarite, katatoniac, hardhead, dreamer, coward, desperado, beaten ones, striving ones, successful ones—all flaunt their umbrellas in the rain, all unfurl their invisible umbrellas to the world.

From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben