How to Use hard time in a Sentence

hard time

noun
Definition of hard timenext
  • 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
  • Jan Hooks, who had a stellar five years on the show, went through a hard time after the death of her mother.
    — Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Did your parents give you a hard time for wanting to be a rapper at first?
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2024
  • My sincere thoughts are with you during this hard time.
    — Good Housekeeping, 1 May 2023
  • But that woman was going through a hard time and turned to alcohol to ease the pain, Jonathon said.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • But research also shows that middle age can be a hard time to find new friends.
    — Sarah Gundle, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Joan and Mark had a bit of a hard time getting the conversation going on their one-on-one.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 17 Oct. 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
  • My husband, who agreed to work with me doing this, gives me a hard time every week by being late.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Don’t give yourself a hard time about skipping something.
    — Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • For one thing, my sensitive stomach often gives me a hard time.
    — Anne Heigel, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The dog knew not to give Dad a hard time, but to be sure no funny business would happen, the dad picked him up and carried him into the vet's office.
    — Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Who hasn’t stopped in for a last-minute dinner party arrangement or to grab a bouquet for a friend going through a hard time?
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Why fashion importers have such a hard time verifying goods past Tier 1 and 2.
    — Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
  • But, Parr says, his younger band members had been giving him a hard time for having to print out a separate set list for him, one with a bigger font.
    — Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 7 Dec. 2024

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