hard labor
Example Sentences
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Five years of hard labor as market gardeners ended when Mr. Hoffman injured his back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s hard labor, but nothing in her life has been easy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
As a result, the trial judge denied Griner’s request for bail or house arrest, instead sentencing her to nine years of hard labor.
From Slate ● May 4, 2024
At first condemned to hard labor, Wenjie catches the eye of the architects of a nearby scientific project run by the government.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
His hands were callused from the work he’d done at the salt factory, and he was afraid the hard labor had made his fingers clumsy.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
