Example Sentences

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The founding father’s hardheadedness could also sometimes cause trouble.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Some corporate leaders also seem to respect Mr. Musk’s hardheadedness.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022

I don’t mean realism in the colloquial sense, meaning hardheadedness, or political realism, which assumes we’re all selfish jerks.

From Scientific American • Mar. 19, 2021

But it also is the ultimate example of, I guess, my hardheadedness.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2020

It hurt to see that what he'd considered hardheadedness was just another case of a fool fighting dragons with a paper sword.

From Police Your Planet by Del Rey, Lester