hard truth

Example Sentences

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Here is the hard truth: No matter how smooth your forehead looks, how amazing your deep plane face-lift appears, you will eventually get older and die.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Despite growing traction among analysts and heavy media coverage, investors are waking up to a hard truth: The quantum revolution won’t happen overnight.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Sir Dieter says we need to face up to a hard truth: tackling climate change costs money.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

It’s a hard truth to hear, I know.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

If a marker were to be erected today, it might read, in homage to his scientific courage: “He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan