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Grammar : Noun



Definition of hard times

  • As in rebuff : noun turning away; ignoring
  • As in rebuke : noun reprimand; harsh criticism
  • As in recession : noun reversal of action; reduction of business activity
  • As in rejection : noun denial, refusal
  • As in reprimand : noun oral punishment
  • As in bad luck : noun rotten break
  • As in bad time : noun agony
  • As in slump : noun decline, failure
  • As in trial : noun trouble, big problem
  • As in tribulation : noun pain, unhappiness
  • As in storm cloud : noun dark cloud
  • As in adversity : noun bad luck, situation
  • As in depression : noun economic decline
  • As in distress : noun hardship, adversity
Example sentences :
  • I seen some hard times myself, and this boy's father was a fighter, too.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The papers are having a good deal to say these days about "hard times."
  • Extract from : « The American Missionary--Volume 39, No. 02, February, 1885 » by Various
  • Look at Elinor—would we love her if she'd been fussing about the hard times we had?
  • Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther
  • There were hard times, even in the wilderness of Kentucky, after the War of 1812.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln » by Wayne Whipple
  • The hard times affect him no more than a fly would a rhinoceros.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
  • During the hard times of 1785-86 these golden dreams vanished.
  • Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
  • The whole of Hard Times is the expression of just such a realisation.
  • Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton
  • But this tale of Hard Times is in some way harsher than all these.
  • Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Prosperity should enable us to put away a reserve for the hard times.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • Hard times and unlocked for reverses come, therefore you should play safe.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter

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