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

Very gently Ogion spoke, but with certainty, and even the hardheaded smith assented to all he said.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin