ADJECTIVE
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aggressively and persistently persuasive
a hard-hitting advertising campaign
a high-pressure salesman -
characterized by or full of force and vigor
a hard-hitting expose
a trenchant argument
How To Use hard-hitting In A Sentence
- The final episode of this hard-hitting series delves into little-known horrors behind history. The Sun
- Increased exposure and professionalism have dovetailed to produce bona fide stars—people young players can identify with—not least among them England's hard-hitting batter Claire Taylor. Women's Cricket Scores With Investment, Interest
- It was reasoned that this would eliminate lengthy carrier qualification trials as well as providing the Marines with a hard-hitting fighter-bomber that would be well suited to their operational doctrine.
- The announcement comes as somewhat of a surprise after The Office creator and UK series star delivered a hard-hitting monologue last year that included zingers aimed at Hugh Hefner, Charlie Sheen, the cast of Sex and the City 2 and Scientologists. Who Will He Offend This Year? Ricky Gervais to Host Golden Globes Again
- The price to be paid for the democratisation of taste is a cool ‘aloofness’, but the prize is said to be an independence of judgment that ‘guarantees hard-hitting, candid and uninfluenced commentary’.
- There is enough out there that is what they call edgy and quite hard-hitting and modern and fashionable. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
- In 1934 he made his Warwickshire debut, and quickly caught the eye as a hard-hitting middle-order batsman.
- Most shows and most comics that are hard-hitting are criticizing everything.
- Drawing inspiration from real life incidents, he makes hard-hitting films that revolve around issues concerning society.
- The cobia is a highly rated, hard-hitting game fish that is prone to long, powerful, determined runs and occasional leaps.