How to Use hardship in a Sentence

hardship

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  • They had to endure the hardships of life on the frontier.
  • The city has been experiencing a period of financial hardship.
  • He had suffered through considerable hardship.
  • The heartbreak and the hardships would always be part of my Paris story.
    — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The small farmers who stayed faced their own hardships.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • This isn't the first hardship the Hartsook tenants have dealt with as of late.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Now the government is telling them to put up with hardships.
    — Li Yuan, New York Times, 30 May 2023
  • The attacks brought months of hardship for millions of Ukrainians.
    — Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Following the rerouting of the railroad in the 1920s — and the ensuing hardships created by a lack of tourism — the town switched gears.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The rising cost of basic goods has deepened the hardships faced by middle-class and poor Egyptians.
    — Samy Magdy, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The names were thoughtfully chosen by Ben and Sara after so many years of hardship.
    — Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • But such hardships are only part of the story of Black fatherhood.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
  • That hinted at the hardships that could have led to his death, Fogarty said.
    — Daniel Wu, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2023
  • A couple weeks ago, there was widespread optimism that the hardship would soon be over.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • As it has been well documented, the Royal Family has endured a slew of hardships at the start of the new year.
    — Sara Vallone, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2024
  • In its message to members, the WGA urged writers to hang tough together despite the hardships that may come with a strike.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 1 May 2023
  • And his claim about no economic hardship because of the home sale is wrongheaded.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 3 May 2023
  • Defenders of the movie have used that hardship as proof of some sort of liberal Hollywood plot against it.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Mama June Shannon's family has overcome a lot of hardship over the years.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
  • The decade of his odyssey passes like a dream, as episodes of hardship and violence alternate with voluptuous idylls.
    — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Despite the hardship on the residents, the fundraiser never happened.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The anger over the Dec. 21 party has highlighted how the war is changing the rules of the game for a Russian elite that has long been insulated from hardships evident in the rest of the country.
    — Paul Sonne, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The studio executives and the studio itself are not going to go through any hardship.
    — David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Months of conflict and tension have also brought economic hardship, with a lack of tourists and Palestinians shopping in the Old City.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 10 Mar. 2024
  • More Americans are struggling to pay their household bills compared with a year ago, but the rise in hardship isn't hitting all groups equally.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 June 2023
  • But that second campaign would be marked by hardships beyond the rough-and-tumble of electoral politics.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 10 July 2023
  • Neighbor Allyson Silvério knew of the family’s hardships.
    — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The exploits of the Marshalls are those of a family that refuses to be buried by hardship and instead develops a great sense of humor.
    — Jessica Ferri, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • Many of the migrants are fleeing poverty and hardship in their home countries in Central and South America, but some are coming from as far as Asia.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Broken Spanish closed in August of 2020, unable to push through the financial hardships of the pandemic.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2023

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