hard-headed
adjective
tough, realistic, or shrewd; not moved by sentiment
hard-headedness
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a word derived from
hard-headed.
Example Sentences
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"There is a hard-headedness where each state thinks they know how to handle it better and will stick to their remedies even when they are not very effective," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
In 1986, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who warmed to his hard-headedness, appointed him vice-chairman of the BBC board of governors, recalled The Guardian.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2014
“You’ve got to admire the guts, obstinacy, hard-headedness, whatever you want to call Mike Rizzo,” McCarver said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2012
If it doesn't, it will be a lesson in extreme hard-headedness the Halas Hall way.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jul. 15, 2012
We're a strange mixture," he said, "a mixture of hard-headedness and romance, common sense and sentiment, practicality and poetry, business and idealism.
From The Setons by O. Douglas
