Examples of hard labor in a Sentence
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Mudd, having narrowly avoided hanging, was sentenced to hard labor for life in a prison on an island off the coast of Florida, but in February, 1869, in a ceremony at the White House attended by Mudd’s wife, Andrew Johnson signed his pardon.
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Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
In front of an audience, they were sentenced to hard labor for watching South Korean dramas, in undated footage released by the Sand Institute.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2024
Before long, his daily routine involves stale bread, hard labor and propping himself up at his window to gaze into the small but humble home of one of his prison guards, echoing his defining childhood event, as though he were doomed to live life at a remove and view it through a pinhole.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
She’d been assigned a job at a coal mine, like her father and most people in their village near the Chinese border – but the teenager didn’t want to spend her life doing hard labor, deep underground.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
Many children faced beatings, malnutrition, hard labor and other forms of neglect and abuse.
—Zach Levitt, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
Former members have accused the Church of committing egregious human rights violations, including forcing minors to do hard labor without compensation and using intense psychological manipulation to control its members.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2024
On Wednesday, independent local media outlet Myanmar Now said one of its photojournalists was sentenced to 20 years in prison with hard labor by a military court on a raft of charges, including sedition.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 7 Sep. 2023
In June, he was sentenced to life in prison and hard labor.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
In front of an audience, they were sentenced to hard labor for watching South Korean dramas, in undated footage released by the Sand Institute.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2024
Before long, his daily routine involves stale bread, hard labor and propping himself up at his window to gaze into the small but humble home of one of his prison guards, echoing his defining childhood event, as though he were doomed to live life at a remove and view it through a pinhole.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
She’d been assigned a job at a coal mine, like her father and most people in their village near the Chinese border – but the teenager didn’t want to spend her life doing hard labor, deep underground.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
Many children faced beatings, malnutrition, hard labor and other forms of neglect and abuse.
—Zach Levitt, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
Former members have accused the Church of committing egregious human rights violations, including forcing minors to do hard labor without compensation and using intense psychological manipulation to control its members.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2024
On Wednesday, independent local media outlet Myanmar Now said one of its photojournalists was sentenced to 20 years in prison with hard labor by a military court on a raft of charges, including sedition.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 7 Sep. 2023
In June, he was sentenced to life in prison and hard labor.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
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“Hard labor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20labor. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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