Verb (used with object), verb (used without object) : to hard-sell new car models to reluctant buyers. ,to hard-sell customers on a new product.    From Dictionary.com. 

Adjective : hard-sell tactics.    From Dictionary.com. 

But I decided I just couldn't do the hard-sell campaign.    From Wordnik.com.  [And the Award Goes too...] Reference

Using such sites for a hard-sell pitch is a no-no, Taylor says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ad Track: Signing on to social media; an alluring reader query] Reference

That was already a hard-sell in the case of state-owned Chinalco.    From Wordnik.com.  [Government Backing Could Stymie China's Natural-Resources Grab] Reference

Broder, like Cokie Roberts, has always, for me, been a hard-sell moderate.    From Wordnik.com.  [04/26/2007] Reference

This one is going to be a hard-sell anyway and if it's not great, forget it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marvel is Considering a Dr. Strange Movie | /Film] Reference

The "original hard-sell trilogy" with Ratatouille and WALL-E is over after Up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wall Street Whines About Up] Reference

Sophisticated hard-sell customers with long memories may never go back to Dell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Customer service in reverse « BuzzMachine] Reference

Both had hard-sell competitors to keep them down to earth where the sinners live.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prime Time Preachers: The Rising Power of Televangelism; with an Introduction by T George Harris] Reference

Then Tom Carvel would come on, with his three-pack-a-day growl, for the hard-sell.    From Wordnik.com.  [YesButNoButYes: YBNBY Hall of Fame: Ten Creepy Ad Icons] Reference

I don't like hard-sell and if I feel pressured I usually don't buy anything either.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perfume Review: Arabian Oud King Fahed] Reference

They are all three historical fiction, which is often a hard-sell to young readers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sister Basil won't make our list] Reference

I was nineteen years old and found myself in one of the hardest of hard-sell fields.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ten Commandments] Reference

At first we didn't pay him much attention, not wanting to spark a spate of hard-sell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference

In 1997, his hard-sell tactics got him sanctioned and fined by securities regulators.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gekko's Little Goons: Backstage With the Real Boiler Room Boys] Reference

Overall, shoppers feel assured only if the advice is non-intrusive and not a hard-sell.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Asian Shoppers] Reference

With galleries, the hard-sell is always a red flag, as is the emphasis on profits over aesthetics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference

I've seen "hard-sell" salesmen, in the last six months, selling a USB 1.1 hub with a new computer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Light: Amazon versus Macmillan] Reference

I've had people try this kind of pressure/guilt hard-sell of books before with me, both online and off.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Owe Me Nothing] Reference

The two cheerleaders might have led the women into a more event-based approach, instead of the hard-sell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference

In my view, most narratives are propaganda or at the very least they are the hard-sell version of the story.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conceived in Tribalism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Sad as it is, at this point an African-American person is going to be a hard-sell for the TOP SPOT on the ticket.    From Wordnik.com.  [NOT HILLARY, OBAMA, GORE or VILSACK for President. HERE'S the BEST SHOT!] Reference

These events eschewed the traditional hard-sell approach and instead let people simply take part in the activities.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Power of Co-Creation] Reference

Once my pt is over I may let them do a hard-sell on me and see how much it is monthly and what amenities they offer.    From Wordnik.com.  [marilynnv Diary Entry] Reference

A new mass audience was eager for mass entertainment: along with it came new dimensions in hard-sell mass advertising.    From Wordnik.com.  [CBS: The Power and the Profits] Reference

He or she might want to renegotiate or hard-sell you on the position or could appear quite upset with you, says Mr. Aretakis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quitting a New Job Before You've Started] Reference

You can be very convincing about your point of view, but you are prone to a “hard-sell” approach which sometimes backfires.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blog De Ganz | Archive | January] Reference

The report said representatives used hard-sell marketing techniques and scolded the applicant for not wanting to take out loans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Florida Investigating 5 For-Profit Colleges] Reference

Suddenly, advertising replaced its beat-you-over-the-head, hard-sell approach with a new, more sophisticated syntax and vernacular.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adam Hanft: Mad Men and Made Men] Reference

I think most of you should know why this is an important cause, and I hate doing the hard-sell on donations given these tough times.    From Wordnik.com.  [Now I have an ebook reader. Ho ho ho.] Reference

As the economy soured, advertisers began crafting a hard-sell approach to their game ads, and the results will be on display Sunday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Super Bowl Ads Try Hard-Sell] Reference

But lending watchdog Jim Cavin (ph) says the hard-sell tactics which he's seen from various credit card companies border on predatory.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2008] Reference

It's a hard-sell, but Boyd doesn't have much choice in the matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [SplicedFeed] Reference

The 'boiler rooms' sell by cold-calling and use hard-sell tactics.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economic Times] Reference

"It was a hard-sell, trying to get people to jump between different offerings.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ClickZ News] Reference

I didn't put the hard-sell on him, but just let it hang out there, bringing it up every once in a while.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Obama's bill-signings came as he entered the hard-sell phase of his sweeping campaign for heath care reform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

This has been a fairly regular occurrence in recent times, they said, which could explain the hard-sell of the parking touts.    From Wordnik.com.  [JamaicaObserver.com | Lead Stories] Reference