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.
  • There was a ton of hardship and missing a lot of things.
    — Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Even in the midst of hardship, these stories spark hope.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That was too much hardship for too many people, for too long.
    — James Brown, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Some people, when faced with hardship, give up.
    — Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2025
  • After so much hardship, hope springs again.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • There’s going to be some hardships.
    — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • There was a lot of hardship and pain, and suffering.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Floods strike a new blow in an area of Kentucky that has known hardship.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Even now people are still very joyful in the midst of great hardship and tragedy.
    — Martin Dale, Variety, 1 Dec. 2021
  • She's been open about the hardship of touring while raising her young kids.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Despite the hardship, life on the windswept isle seems idyllic.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Despite the hardship, life on the windswept isle seems idyllic.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
  • There’s beauty in life, but there’s also hardship in life.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • His life after baseball was marked by hardship.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Their lives become linked through a young girl who brings both hardship to them but also hope.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2025
  • Certainly not more about hardship or life.
    — Stephanie MacK, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
  • Someone who has also overcome a lot of hardships to find her place.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
  • One of those big categories of cases is if there's a hardship.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • However, as with many hardships in life, fashion is one way to cope.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, InStyle, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The best memoirs offer readers a glimpse of grace achieved amid hardship.
    — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The airline did agree to give some employee groups hardship pay.
    — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Elyas said his father suffered his own hardships during the war.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 20 June 2026
  • This isn't the first hardship the Hartsook tenants have dealt with as of late.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The break from the city helps each of the women find a way to shuffle alongside life's hardships.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Not because of the hardships, not because of the troubles.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Moss is adamant that despite the hardships of the past few years, the record is not just about taking grief from peers.
    — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Look for hardship or relief programs.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026

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