Antonyms for HARDBALL
ˈhɑrdˌbɔlhard·ball

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1. • Attitude
   • Baseball

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1. hardballnoun

   a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics

   "they play hardball in the Senate"

   Antonyms:
   softball game, softball

2. hardballnoun

   baseball as distinguished from softball

   Antonyms:
   softball, softball game

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1. HARDBALL

   Synonyms:
   Heart Allograft Rejection: Detection with Breath Alkanes in Low Levels

How to use HARDBALL in a sentence?

1. Jim Manley:

   I played a lot of hardball in my life, but I don't envy what the Clinton campaign is up against here. Trump himself has totally changed the political dynamic, what they can't afford to do is get in the gutter with the guy. He has absolutely no morals or scruples. Getting into the gutter with him is an absolute waste of time.

2. Rashida Tlaib:

   No one fought harder for President Biden's agenda than progressives, we rallied together with our supporters, held town halls in our communities, engaged new people, and we even played hardball in Congress.

3. Abhishek Saxena:

   The current government will play hardball... I do not think any new approvals for China proposals will happen in a hurry.

4. Evan Thomas:

   Nixon's paranoia went up a great deal after he lost in 1960, partly because he felt the Kennedys had used dirty tricks to defeat him, he felt the Kennedys were better at dirty tricks than he was in 1960. And he was probably not wrong about that. The Kennedys played hardball. And [his brother] Bobby Kennedy was probably smarter about dirty tricks in 1960 than Richard Nixon was. I say that having written a biography of Bobby Kennedy.

5. Read MoreMatthews:

   After a conversation with MSNBC, I decided tonight will be my last' Hardball,' so let me tell you why, the younger generation's out there ready to take the reins. We see them in politics, in media, in fighting for their causes. They're improving the workplace.

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