How to Use hard-charging in a Sentence

hard-charging

adjective
  • Still, the hard-charging producer behind some of the biggest hits of the ’80s and ’90s was attempting to mount a comeback.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But South Carolina called on its play throughout this season to hold off the hard-charging Rebels.
    Pete Iacobelli, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
  • In this case, Murphy gives the group a hard-charging edge presence who should be stout against the run while developing his pass-rush plan. 9.
    Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Colombia owed its wins over South Korea and Germany partly to a hard-charging style.
    Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Still, in the past 2 ½ years, Willis has gained a reputation as a hard-charging prosecutor.
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • With a very stiff 130 flex, these are a responsive touring boot for advanced skiers looking for hard-charging, precise gear.
    Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
  • That’s only now become a reality thanks to grass-roots efforts and hard-charging surfers.
    Jeré Longman, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Moore hit a ball out to shallow left in the top of the seventh inning that hard-charging Royals left fielder MJ Melendez was unable to field cleanly.
    Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Cody Jinks knows the songs and topics on his album, Change the Game, out tomorrow (March 22), could be perceived as a bit of a departure from the hard-charging brand of country-rock his fans have come to expect.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Jim is hard-charging, the tech type who demands some impossible-to-produce prototype land on his desk by Friday.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
  • Arcangelo held off a hard-charging pack of four horses to win, with betting favorite Forte coming on for second.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 10 June 2023
  • For all his hard-charging obsessiveness, Stanton has a softer side.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Deep self-examination doesn’t always come easy to hard-charging CEOs.
    Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But his hard-charging leadership style has garnered perhaps as much attention as his track record, with some likening him to his counterpart at Tesla.
    Steve Mollman, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Despite the heroic efforts of the Mitsubishi public-relations department, the Starion's replacement missed most of the hard-charging two-lane stuff.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
  • This is an excellent middle-of-the-road boot for a beginner-to-intermediate downhill skier who doesn’t need a super soft boot, but isn’t in the market for a hard-charging model.
    Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
  • That kind of online bravado is common in Discord gaming groups steeped in the macho, hard-charging culture of tactical shooters and military combat, Ivory said.
    Drew Harwell, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2023
  • But Jobs’ hard-charging personality and zeal for perfection clashed with Sculley and Apple’s board members.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Linda Yaccarino, a hard-charging veteran of TV’s ad-sales wars, is in talks to become the next chief executive of Twitter, according to a person familiar with the matter.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2023
  • Lindsay Dougherty The tough-talking, hard-charging, tattooed Hollywood Teamsters boss leads with her own brand of feminine energy.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Overall, the project takes its inspiration from the 46-year-old entertainer’s hard-charging touring lifestyle and loyal fanbase he’s amassed over nearly three decades of touring and performing.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2023
  • As Arcangelo was holding off the hard-charging Forte, Antonucci was screaming and jumping with every stride before nearly falling to her knees in joyful relief.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 11 June 2023
  • Moore and the hard-charging president of the company, Andrew S. Grove, began to refocus Intel away from cheap memory chips to high-margin microprocessors — the brains of the computer.
    Ashley Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Some parents want hard-charging academics, Smith said, while others want a focus on social-emotional development.
    Laura Meckler, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Earnhardt’s outlaw persona, hard-charging style and mystique earned him a die-hard fan base, plenty of enemies but virtually everyone’s respect.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Recall proponents at the time cited frustration with the council’s fraying relationship with hard-charging City Atty.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The governor’s religious rhetoric and hard-charging policies are at the center of his outreach to white evangelicals — an important voting bloc in the early GOP nominating contests.
    Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • For more than a decade, Richard Berendzen was known as a brilliant astronomy professor, a hard-charging university president and an affable fixture of the Washington social scene.
    Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Throughout her career, Kaul’s hard-charging and vibrant personality helped inspire the next budding photojournalists in the industry.
    Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • His approach has been hard-charging, starting with his proclamation at his introductory news conference in Denver that, unlike last season, Wilson’s personal performance coaches would not be allowed in the team facility.
    Jenny Vrentas, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2023

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