play hardball in a sentence

Examples

1. Last month " The Glove " began to play hardball with NBA management.
2. Everyone can end up black and blue when you play hardball.
3. Liberty Bowl executive director Steve Erhart was in a position to play hardball.
4. So I made the dumb male assumption : Boys play hardball.
5. Indeed, the company plays hardball politics with tremendous sophistication to defend its interests.
6. Naimoli sharpened his pencil, arranged his legal pads and prepared to play hardball.
7. Myers usually throws his guests lobs; this was his chance to play hardball.
8. If you decide to play hardball with an issue, the landlord has alternatives.
9. But with budgets squeezing tighter, the administration is now trying to play hardball.
10. Regrettably, the only way to look credible in this game is to play hardball,