hard work

Example Sentences

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She wants to do that hard work for people that really need her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Williams said she was seeing the benefit of her hard work at the gym, was training for a half-marathon and "running farther than I ever had".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The ranking “is quite fantastic and reflects the hard work and creativity of this team,” Cohen, the Gates Ventures CEO, wrote in an email reviewed by the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

By ensuring that money is tied to real effort and sacrifice, rather than given as a casual gift, children learn the direct connection between hard work and capital, transforming a handout into a meaningful reward.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

This is not as hard work as pounding the obelisk with dolerite, but it is still hard, dull work.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman