Examples of hardship in a Sentence
He had suffered through considerable hardship.
The city has been experiencing a period of financial hardship.
They had to endure the hardships of life on the frontier.
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Magyar can scarcely afford, in this time of economic hardship, to forgo Russian energy.
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Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Needless to say, this will create severe hardship for the hundreds of students who qualified for these services and who understood they would be provided through the end of the school year.
—Megan De Mar, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Its last transit, 1929–1943, overlapped with the Great Depression, when economic hardship forced societies to become more resourceful and disciplined.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
But landlord advocates, including Apartment Owners Association of California President Jeffrey Faller, say the bill could face legal challenges for denying landlords due process, as was the case for self-certifying COVID-19 hardship during the pandemic-era eviction moratorium.
—Amancai Biraben, Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
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Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Needless to say, this will create severe hardship for the hundreds of students who qualified for these services and who understood they would be provided through the end of the school year.
—Megan De Mar, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Its last transit, 1929–1943, overlapped with the Great Depression, when economic hardship forced societies to become more resourceful and disciplined.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
But landlord advocates, including Apartment Owners Association of California President Jeffrey Faller, say the bill could face legal challenges for denying landlords due process, as was the case for self-certifying COVID-19 hardship during the pandemic-era eviction moratorium.
—Amancai Biraben, Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Hardship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hardship. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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hardship
noun
hard·ship
ˈhärd-ˌship 
2
: something that causes pain or loss
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