hard stuff

Example Sentences

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“Now we’re getting down to the real hard stuff: I’ll trade you my bicycle for your golf clubs,” the chief negotiator, Vice President Joe Biden, said at the time.

From Seattle Times

There will always be time for the hard stuff, so let’s appreciate the glimmers of light where we can.

From Seattle Times

She added, “If we are going to live full and rich lives, we have to know how to cope with these terrible things that are happening in the world today. And I believe we must equip our kids with the language competence, and the mental and emotional stamina, to handle the hard stuff. We are doing them a great disservice if we don’t.”

From Washington Post

Marin has since taken a drug test to prove she wasn’t doing any of the hard stuff.

From Slate

“That’s not what consumers care about. They care about the cool, fun features. Standardizing all these connectivity technologies gets the hard stuff around reliability and power out of the way. It lets the product companies focus on the new and exciting features consumers really care about.”

From The Verge