How to Use hardship in a Sentence

hardship

noun
  • 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.
  • That is not to say that the country does not continue to face consequential economic hardship.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • After all, holding on to files isn’t a hardship when your drives can handle entire terabytes, and online storage services abound.
    Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Not having enough money for medication and treatment has also been a hardship for Afshin and his parents.
    Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2022
  • And many sanctions-weary Iranians have long been wary of any nuclear moves that would trigger further economic hardship.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
  • In spite of all these hardships, there is a consensus that digitization was positive for both the industry and moviegoers.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Iranians have previously been wary of any nuclear moves that would trigger further economic hardship.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Regardless of the sentence, Holmes and her family will face ongoing hardship as a result of widespread criticism of Holmes, her legal team said.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Stax’s foreclosure was a hardship for Mr. Stewart, who had invested much of his personal wealth trying to satisfy the creditors.
    Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Until then, everyone in the watershed faces hardship if the river’s 40 million dependents don’t conserve enough together.
    Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Researchers at Columbia University found the level of hardship among New Yorkers was the lowest in the five years for which there is data.
    Jason Deparle, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
  • There are hardship cases brought to the AIA, Hines said.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • The characters, the kitchen, the relationships and the hardships are what people come back to watch.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
  • 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 airline did agree to give some employee groups hardship pay.
    Gregory Wallace, CNN, 8 Feb. 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
  • And about a family that despite all the hardships can be reborn.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
  • A couple weeks ago, there was widespread optimism that the hardship would soon be over.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The act of generosity can unite people in times of hardship.
    Malaka Gharib, NPR, 29 May 2024
  • 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

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