Synonyms
- adamant
- adamantine
- bullheaded
- dogged
- hard
- hardened
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- immovable
- implacable
- inconvincible
- inflexible
- intransigent
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- opinionated
- ossified
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- self-opinionated
- self-willed
- stiff-necked
- stubborn
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unrelenting
- unyielding
- willful
- wilful
Examples of hard-nosed in a Sentence
the team's hard-nosed coach doesn't make exceptions for anybody
Recent Examples on the Web
Carter has a high basketball IQ, is a hard-nosed defender and an excellent rebounder for a guard.
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Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
But the perception that United’s supposedly hard-nosed revamp might be altered by the outcome of a single game is damaging in itself.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2024
That was one case in which Ticketmaster’s hard-nosed competitive policies led to a wave of consumer discontent.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
Jim Hiller is sticking to the hard-nosed, defense-first philosophy that got the Kings to the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs — and no further — in each of the last three seasons.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
In an interview for one of his first journalism jobs, a hard-nosed editor questioned Allen about how his faith background would prepare him for reporting.
—Michael Grabell, ProPublica, 21 May 2024
Dabney was best known for his bad-guy and hard-nosed roles in movies including 9 to 5, Tootsie and You've Got Mail and TV shows including Buffalo Bill and Boardwalk Empire.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 18 May 2024
Along the way, the hard-nosed and principled leader was also a minor league manager, scout and bullpen coach.
—Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
George Johnson, who built a real estate empire in central Arizona and sparked controversy and legal battles throughout his hard-nosed business career, died Tuesday at 92.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2024
Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
But the perception that United’s supposedly hard-nosed revamp might be altered by the outcome of a single game is damaging in itself.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2024
That was one case in which Ticketmaster’s hard-nosed competitive policies led to a wave of consumer discontent.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
Jim Hiller is sticking to the hard-nosed, defense-first philosophy that got the Kings to the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs — and no further — in each of the last three seasons.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
In an interview for one of his first journalism jobs, a hard-nosed editor questioned Allen about how his faith background would prepare him for reporting.
—Michael Grabell, ProPublica, 21 May 2024
Dabney was best known for his bad-guy and hard-nosed roles in movies including 9 to 5, Tootsie and You've Got Mail and TV shows including Buffalo Bill and Boardwalk Empire.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 18 May 2024
Along the way, the hard-nosed and principled leader was also a minor league manager, scout and bullpen coach.
—Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
George Johnson, who built a real estate empire in central Arizona and sparked controversy and legal battles throughout his hard-nosed business career, died Tuesday at 92.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2024
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“Hard-nosed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-nosed. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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