hard labor
Example Sentences
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Five years of hard labor as market gardeners ended when Mr. Hoffman injured his back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Plus, there was no getting around the fact that Ernesto was getting older, less desirable for hard labor.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
“I wanted to almost proclaim the beauty that is inherent in the really hard labor that mostly migrant workers do,” says Garcia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
Planting seedlings is hard labor, and recruiting people to do it, especially on remote, rugged mountains, is harder than it was during the Great Depression.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
The hard labor of spring planting and fall harvesting is followed, like clockwork, by the slower pace of summer and winter.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
