hard-fought

adjective

1

: requiring a lot of effort or hard work

He won a hard-fought campaign for reelection.

2

: achieved or acquired through a lot of effort or hard work

a hard-fought victory/triumph

Examples of hard-fought in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The game was hard-fought, with a goal not coming until the 106th minute and Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez sent off towards the end of extra time in the second half after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Spain’s Pau Cubarsi. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

After lengthy and hard-fought negotiations, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and members of the New York City Council reached a budget deal Tuesday just hours before the deadline. — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 30 June 2026

The deal represents a genuine achievement — hard-fought, historic in scope, and a testament to the organizing muscle the Guild has built over years of increasingly contentious labor battles. — George Heller, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026

And besides that, with their hard-fought Final Four victories Friday over Texas and Connecticut, respectively, barometers for other programs that dream of ascending to such elite heights. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for hard-fought

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot