hard time

noun

US

: a long or difficult prison sentence

He could be facing hard time for his crimes.

Examples of hard time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fatigue and safety concerns create an operational drag that money alone has a notoriously hard time overcoming. — Christopher S. Tang, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

The fifth season will have a really hard time wrapping up everything in a satisfactory way at this point. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

The child has a hard time being on their own without anything organized. — Anna Earl, Parents, 27 June 2026

Although made for a range of sports instead of boating, the Champion launched as Keds’ first shoe in 1916, and the layman would have a hard time telling it apart from the Authentic with nearly identical stitching forming its upper. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 26 June 2026

Rhymes for hard time

• airtime
• bedtime
• daytime
• downtime
• enzyme
• halftime
• lifetime
• longtime
• lunchtime
• mealtime
• meantime
• nighttime