blood sweat and tears
Example Sentences
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“I just feel like we are just starting to get our flowers and reap some of the benefits of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that we put into it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
It’s easier to marry the right person than marry the wrong person and, through blood, sweat and tears, attempt to turn him into the right person.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
“For the prosecutor to argue against his own attorneys, they put their blood, sweat and tears into this case ... they got a felony guilty verdict.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
"We are all massively proud, it's an accumulation of a lot of blood sweat and tears for her to get this far," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024
Young Copeland was ready for blood, sweat, and tears in his impulse to help conquer the lunar wastes.
From Comet's Burial by Raymond Z. Gallun
