How to Use hard sell in a Sentence

hard sell

noun

• Such an expensive project will be a hard sell during these slow economic times.
• This is a hard sell for the straight-ahead thinking Paul.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2021
• At the time, with the hard sell in full gear, the idea of a timeshare makes complete sense.
  — David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
• That’s going to be a hard sell in the Ravens’ locker room.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2023
• With poultry prices up as much as 50% in the last month, his is a hard sell.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Apr. 2022
• But Thomson finds that thinking a hard sell in the Bend area.
  — OregonLive.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• But these trucks cost more, making them a harder sell in the U.S.
  — Erica E. Phillips, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2017
• That’s a hard sell, no matter how pretty the camels are.
  — Richard Hall, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2018
• The spirit isn’t such a hard sell anymore, 14 years on.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2021
• But as the years passed and Corey didn’t get up from his chair, his vow became a hard sell.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2021
• Not all the changes have been hard sells in Saudi Arabia.
  — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2020
• All the shops are too successful to bother with the hard sell.
  — Mary Kaye Schilling, Town & Country, 15 Sep. 2015
• Front-wheel drive is a hard sell when there are rear-drive options.
  — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 29 Nov. 2021
• The idea of an American film director making a Japanese language film in Japan, with a largely local crew and cast, was undoubtedly a hard sell.
  — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2024
• Ron Popeil, who died in July at 86, perfected the art of the hard sell, the refuse-to-let-you-move-on.
  — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 16 Dec. 2021
• Staying away from hard sell might lure sponsors to the Big Game in the moment.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 June 2023
• But since no cars are for sale at the show, there's little chance of getting a hard sell.
  — Ronald Montoya, Edmunds, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2018
• And then, there’s the reality of the market: small phones are a hard sell.
  — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 20 Feb. 2024
• Even for the angriest young Muslim man, this might be a bit of a hard sell.
  — Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2015
• That's a hard sell after Jan. 1, the installer of 10 years said.
  — Emily Hopkins, Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2017
• The property, which opened eight years ago, was always a bit of a hard sell.
  — Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 20 Oct. 2017
• For the less hardcore of the Thule searchers, however, Smøla-as-Thule has proved so far to be a hard sell.
  — F. Salazar, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2020
• The hard sell is not the best way to earn the interest and loyalty of your customers.
  — Christena Garduno, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
• The One was a hard sell, according to agents who toured the property.
  — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• The antipodes and the South Pacific don't require a hard sell.
  — Chloe Sachdev, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2021
• That would have been a hard sell even if the Wolverines prevailed Wednesday.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2020
• And polishing up the image of the Saudis and Emiratis was a hard sell.
  — NBC News, 21 May 2018
• Lifting the indoor mask mandate in schools may be a hard sell in the District right now.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2022
• Pitch-black satire can be a hard sell, but the Academy often eats it up.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2022
• Moore would have a better shot moving to the Best Supporting Actress category, but the film begins and ends with her perspective, so that may be a hard sell.
  — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024