blood sweat and tears
Example Sentences
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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
“I think I can go to heaven with my head held high with the blood, sweat and tears put into that field,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
He told me in October that he had raised over $700,000, but it took blood, sweat, and tears to get there.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2024
What does she have to show for more than a decade of blood, sweat and tears?
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024
Dating from the Crusades a thousand years ago, western civilization has been promoted, built up and carried forward by the blood, sweat and tears of credulous, hopeful, eager human beings.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott
