hardship
IPA: hˈɑrdʃɪp
noun
- Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
- A burden, a source of difficulty that could impose a barrier.
verb
- (transitive) To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.
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Examples of "hardship" in Sentences
- The hardships of the trail were many.
- He endured much hardship in the territory.
- The pirates' rapine gave hardship to people.
- The writer laments the hardships of her job.
- Daddy knew hardship and the pangs of disappointment.
- A felicitous hero is in hardship, his army in ambush.
- But I am plowing through the complaints and the hardship.
- But the hardships of blockade duty in the Gulf were unabated.
- The reconstruction was a hardship to the people, as well as the church.
- It tells of the story of settlers and the hardships they had to endure.
- I-- well, we're in, I guess, classified what they call a hardship case.
- That Myanmar refugees and undocumented migrant workers face hardship is well known among Malaysians.
- We know what an adjustment and near-term hardship it will be for us to retrace this tragic path that was forged without our permission.
- Same hardship remuneration applies, while people incrementally, with six month at a time decreases in hardship assistance, learn to adopt.
- I have read quite a few of good craft books, but the main hardship is to put those things in practice day after day, especially because sometimes, it is quite difficult to DO those things, even though one understand the theory.
- I believe the Icelandic people are willing and able to undergo hardship to help our country recover from the catastrophic collapse, as long as the hardship is spread throughout the population, and those who unjustly profited from their decisions are put in their place.
- Therefore it follows that zombies will be ascendant in times of economic plenty (bull markets, "The Great Moderation"); whereas vampires will be ascendant in times of economic woe, when we suspect that our hardship is the result of betrayal and exploitation by the rich and powerful.