hard labor

Example Sentences

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It’s hard labor, but nothing in her life has been easy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Plus, there was no getting around the fact that Ernesto was getting older, less desirable for hard labor.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

After the war, Faÿ was sentenced to a lifetime of hard labor, but he escaped from prison in 1951 dressed in ecclesiastical costume, with the help of—here one reaches for the phrase “incredible but true”—Toklas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS— After a few years of hard labor on Mars, you could excuse the Perseverance rover for taking a trip to the beach.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 13, 2024

He was sentenced to nine months of hard labor and sent immediately to a prison in the northern part of the state.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers