How to Use hard time in a Sentence

hard time

noun
Definition of hard timenext
  • Summer can be a hard time for some kids who rely on mental health counseling and support at school.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
  • If Americans are having a hard time finding a new job, then they’ll be forced to spend more carefully or cut back outright.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
  • German fashion house Hugo Boss is having a hard time connecting with consumers.
    — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 16 July 2024
  • Did any of your kids give you a hard time for doing this?
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Has your sister been giving you a hard time about all this?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Just stay within your lane and don’t give anybody a hard time.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The strike was a hard time for everybody in the industry.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The coach who likes to parse questions no longer is giving anyone a hard time.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • My sincere thoughts are with you during this hard time.
    — Good Housekeeping, 1 May 2023
  • Look no further than the hard time the Bank of Japan is having stepping away from 25 years of zero rates.
    — William Pesek, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Last week, Genesis gave his mom a hard time at one of her own shows about her outfit choice.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Jason Kelce can't help but give his little brother a hard time.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Christina Hall’s latest clients are giving her a hard time.
    — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
  • The breakup of the band and then a long period of fighting in the courts in order to release the branding of Kosheen and be able to perform again was such a hard time.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
  • The movie, for all its understanding of hard time, can’t keep from going a little soft.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 July 2024
  • Jenna Bush Hager is having a hard time letting go of her son's baby years.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The first is that many of us understandably have a hard time viewing a tax break as something akin to a government check.
    — Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Earlier in the season, Jax gave Brittany a hard time about packing a bottle of tequila for a girls’ trip.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • Other kids always giving me a hard time and calling me skinny.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The reporter joked that the officer’s coworkers would likely be giving their colleague a hard time about the screw up.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Tammy Slaton is having a hard time being away from her husband.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Considering the fairness of the match, even the most respected boxing experts are having a hard time calling the match.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 30 Sep. 2023
  • An intelligent gesture will deter anyone who tries to give you a hard time.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
  • Dominick eventually broke into his dad's house, costing him a night in lockup — a brief stint that the un-self-aware son equated to hard time.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Still, that leaves millions of parents who want to get their children vaccinated, and who are having a hard time doing it.
    — Marley Jay, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • And definitely playing for the families that are going through a hard time.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Yoakum’s 5-year-old sister, Chloe, is having a hard time understanding where her sister has gone.
    — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Most writers are having a hard time, not just financially.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The pants, however, are also see-through, which is something even MLB’s biggest stars are having a hard time getting, well, behind.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
  • There’s children missing but the volunteers are having a hard time finding them because their bodies are so small.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2023

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