hardball

How To Use hardball In A Sentence

• He's a nice guy, but he can play hardball when he needs to.
• Your only practical option is to play hardball: speak to the landlord and tell him that you are pulling out of the rental because of this issue. Times, Sunday Times
• Both are playing hardball after it emerged their respective agents are trading secrets in the complex negotiations. The Sun
• I have friends who've paid a lot of money to go to baseball fantasy camps to play hardball with ex-major leaguers.
• ‘They play hardball, we play softball,’ Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile added.
• When he left home, to live above a restaurant as an apprentice, the chef played hardball with him. Times, Sunday Times
• This was interpreted by most as a reality check, a warning that to play hardball with the contractors could be counterproductive.
• But the ex-England boss will play hardball over the fine details before saying yes. The Sun
• Still, it wasn't hard to grasp the meeting's big theme, a bitter game of hardball between the haves and have-nots.
• Action aficionados should have nary a complaint with the quality of the hardball played here.