hardheadedness
- a word derived from hardheaded.
Example Sentences
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The founding father’s hardheadedness could also sometimes cause trouble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
In the courtroom, it was easy to think that city officials’ hardheadedness was all that stood between Banks and the solutions to his clients’ problems.
From New York Times ● Feb. 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
He was a curious combination of hardheadedness, of ironical wisdom, and of humour, and somewhere, hidden deep within, of molten sentiment.
From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David
