How to Use hard-hitting in a Sentence

hard-hitting

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  • This one will give you all the feels and some hard-hitting action.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Garcia’s hard-hitting style clashed at times with others in his movement.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The match was fast-paced and featured hard-hitting action as all competitors tried to make quick work of each other.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The hard-hitting Santiaguel should be the anchor on defense.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The hard-hitting sophomore ended up going 2-for-4 with a solo home run.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Stanton, meanwhile, is 4-for-8 so far this season following a hard-hitting spring.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • And Morello and Dunn’s movie is very much for aficionados, more a love letter than a thorough, hard-hitting deep dive.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
  • That wasn't the only hard-hitting question Stern asked Roker during the broadcast.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Finally, someone was asking the hard-hitting questions.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Paul missed an uppercut and Cena responded with a hard-hitting clothesline.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Dallas spoke to the hard-hitting linebacker in Indianapolis.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Along with his leadership, Gudas is a physical, hard-hitting presence, much like the rest of the Panthers’ roster.
    — Ava Dicecca, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • The hard-hitting style of Japanese professional wrestling here on American soil.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The 2026 Iowa State Fair will open with hard-hitting country music and close with Christian pop.
    — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Sonza’s version stays truthful to the song’s sentiment, but is amped by a hard-hitting Brazilian Funk beat, powered by lyrics in Portuguese.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The hard-hitting outfield prospect impressed him from afar long ago, and when the Red Sox called Anthony up, Bogaerts knew he wouldn’t be getting sent down any time soon.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The hard-hitting outfield prospect impressed him from afar long ago, and when the Red Sox called Anthony up, Bogaerts knew he wouldn’t be getting sent down any time soon.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Each post should be under 50 words, hit hard with the first line (6-12 words, hard-hitting statement, definitely not a question), and feel complete without context.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Seattle has one of the best defensive fronts in the league and a hard-hitting linebacker tandem, headlined by second-team All-Pro Ernest Jones IV.
    — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Produced by Haze and The Rudeboyz, the song is a modern-day reggaetón track fused with hard-hitting perreo melodies backed by Calderón and Álvarez’s melodious vocals.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Four-year starter TJ Taybron is expected to be a major force at safety, while hard-hitting transfer safety Tynan Tucker has earned praise for his growth on and off the field.
    — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
  • That’s because Ben Rice is positioned as the Yankees’ primary first baseman, and the club plans on letting the hard-hitting lefty swinger face more southpaws in 2026.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Lathan Ransom, the rookie hard-hitting safety out of Ohio State, has been impressing the Carolina Panthers’ coaching staff all training camp.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Though Towers is known for his fiery rap bars and hard-hitting rap songs, his reggaetón tracks and collaborations are what ultimately catapulted his commercial success and virality on social media.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2026
  • This guitar-heavy song from Oasis’ final studio album, 2008’s Dig Out Your Soul, is a hard-hitting jam — and the story behind it holds just as much angst.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The hard-hitting track comes off the Belfast trio’s forthcoming LP, Fenian, out April 24 via Heavenly Recordings.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2026
  • In the third part of the interview published Thursday, Cooke was asked a few hard-hitting questions about the time of Batula and Wilson’s relationship, which has been speculated about online.
    — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
  • And on Sunday before 70,823 at Levi’s Stadium, the unit showed the world there is room for more than one hard-hitting, suffocating defense in Seahawks history.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Co-produced by Javier Sampedro, Yoyi Lagarza and Drumglass, the song is rooted in an alternative pop sound laced with an edgy reparto melody that’s backed by the genre’s distinct hard-hitting clave instrumentation.
    — Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Produced by Jeff Rosenstock, the new album from ex-Cayetana songwriter Augusta Koch revisits her old band’s punky power-pop with hard-hitting lyrics about self-improvement and communal uplift.
    — Tatiana Tenreyro, Pitchfork, 20 Mar. 2026

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