hard labor
Example Sentences
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It’s hard labor, but nothing in her life has been easy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Plus, there was no getting around the fact that Ernesto was getting older, less desirable for hard labor.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
After the war, Faÿ was sentenced to a lifetime of hard labor, but he escaped from prison in 1951 dressed in ecclesiastical costume, with the help of—here one reaches for the phrase “incredible but true”—Toklas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS— After a few years of hard labor on Mars, you could excuse the Perseverance rover for taking a trip to the beach.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 13, 2024
I only survived because I was on a good assignment, like you—not hard labor hauling stones or digging ditches in the snow.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
