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Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahrd-ship
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrd ʃɪp



Definition of hardships

Origin :
  • c.1200, "quality of being hard," from hard + -ship. Meaning "disadvantage, suffering, privation" is c.1400.
  • noun personal burden
Example sentences :
  • You were once my comfort, Clarissa; you made all my hardships tolerable:—But now!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • My hardships, I felt, were by reason of my disobedience to God's will.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • If we go on we shall have hardships, and perhaps, some pretty severe ones.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • He has never known any hardships or been forced into any self-denial.
  • Extract from : « Great Uncle Hoot-Toot » by Mrs. Molesworth
  • But his wife was dying from the hardships she had suffered, due to stark poverty.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • The hardships and the misery the poor folks had, God alone knows.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • It began to seem to Jimmy that he was in for a chapter of accidents and hardships.
  • Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
  • It was a land of hardships and strife and it left its mark on them all.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
  • The others had succumbed to the hardships of the service and been discharged.
  • Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
  • Were there no hardships, this would be no pilgrimage worthy of the name.
  • Extract from : « Afloat on the Ohio » by Reuben Gold Thwaites

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