hard sell

noun

: aggressive high-pressure salesmanship compare soft sell

Examples of hard sell in a Sentence

Such an expensive project will be a hard sell during these slow economic times.

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Eggnog Eggnog is a hard sell because most people have only had the bad kind, those boring and occasionally gross cartons that line the dairy section of the supermarket every December. —

Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2024 Given that goal, the Agency argues that no new fossil fuel developments are necessary, something that is obviously a hard sell. —

Michael Lynch, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 But horror shows are a hard sell especially on broadcast networks like NBC (Hannibal might have taken up all the oxygen there) and the occult series never got picked up for a second season. —

Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024 Please do us all a favor, corporate America: Cut out the hard sell and pass on the savings to your customers. —

Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hard sell