How to Use hard time in a Sentence

hard time

noun

• Did your parents give you a hard time for wanting to be a rapper at first?
  — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2024
• For one thing, my sensitive stomach often gives me a hard time.
  — Anne Heigel, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
• Gail had been having an understandably hard time getting out of bed.
  — Betsy Lerner, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
• Why fashion importers have such a hard time verifying goods past Tier 1 and 2.
  — Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
• In a debate, there is a formula with hard time limits for Norah's and my questioning.
  — CBS News, 1 Oct. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024