hard sell

Example Sentences

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You should be skeptical of companies making a hard sell.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

The hard sell for the beach club started as soon as I booked the cruise in mid-January.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

But she says that the idea was initially a hard sell.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

At first, the idea of having engineers looming electronically over the timing stand was a hard sell.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2025

That was as far as the hard sell went.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides