Examples of hardscrabble in a Sentence

He lived a hardscrabble life. it was hard to eke out even a bare existence on the hardscrabble lands

Recent Examples on the Web In a hardscrabble neighborhood of Tunis, near a strip of beach where migrant boats depart, a smuggling kingpin, who connects migrants with skippers, outlines his brutal calculations in human lives. — David Mckenzie, CNN, 22 July 2022 Born William Claude Dukenfield in Philadelphia, Fields survived a hardscrabble childhood to become a world-famous juggler, a vaudeville headliner and a Broadway star. — cleveland, 10 June 2022 This was less the language of Kant than of fascist nationalist exaltation laced with Mr. Putin’s hardscrabble, brawling St. Petersburg youth. — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2022 The improbable victory of the hardscrabble band that defended the town of Puebla against the French would be marked in history, but quietly. — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2022 On a recent sunny but bone-chillingly windy morning, one of the colorful vaccination trucks pulled into a desolate parking lot in front of a mall in the hardscrabble neighborhood of Gröpelingen. — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 Hope that greatness can emerge from a crowded and cluttered neighborhood two miles west of New York City, a place that fits the personality of its hardscrabble players. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022 But it’s not the only sign that change is afoot in this once rustic and hardscrabble region of the Lone Star State. — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2022 The 51-year-old with a nine-figure overall deal has demonstrated a knack for reviving yesteryear genres, luring Middle America viewers and making hardscrabble heroes feel fresh again. — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2022 See More

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