hard life
Example Sentences
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Having had a hard life, Castillo tends to be pessimistic, Ramos said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
She may have had a hard life, complicated by distance or silence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Emad is a tall, thin man in his 40s with an angular face that bears the lines of a hard life.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025
“I tried the pharmaceutical route, but I wanted tools I could come back to. I knew it wouldn’t be my last hard life transition.”
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024
Working on the obelisk is a hard life, especially for older men like Asim.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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