Examples of hard-won in a Sentence
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The friendship is hard-won, over years of Yuval showing up and Basel welcoming him.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
Trust is often hard-won and takes time and effort to build.
—Jake Webster, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
For us fathers, respect is hard-won—and often short-lived.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2025
The Trunk is a more complex slow-burn compared to the traditional K-drama, trading the surety of a confident love story for something quieter and more hard-won.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Instead of making cuts, the team added scenes of Jeep vehicles on the road and even a few with soldiers to underscore how freedom has been hard-won.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
And that quality was hard-won for the Lovell sisters.
—Bill Kopp, SPIN, 27 Jan. 2025
But much of her spiritual growth was involuntary and hard-won.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The minimum wage — hard-won by labor — is not supposed to codify the absolute lowest amount employers can get away with paying.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
Trust is often hard-won and takes time and effort to build.
—Jake Webster, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
For us fathers, respect is hard-won—and often short-lived.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2025
The Trunk is a more complex slow-burn compared to the traditional K-drama, trading the surety of a confident love story for something quieter and more hard-won.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Instead of making cuts, the team added scenes of Jeep vehicles on the road and even a few with soldiers to underscore how freedom has been hard-won.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
And that quality was hard-won for the Lovell sisters.
—Bill Kopp, SPIN, 27 Jan. 2025
But much of her spiritual growth was involuntary and hard-won.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The minimum wage — hard-won by labor — is not supposed to codify the absolute lowest amount employers can get away with paying.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Hard-won.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-won. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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