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
After expending so much blood, sweat and tears to reach the majors, their reward was a single yellowed newspaper box score with their name in it.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 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
Since then she has spent tens of thousands of dollars, and much more in blood sweat and tears, transforming it.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024
Young Copeland was ready for blood, sweat, and tears in his impulse to help conquer the lunar wastes.
From Comet's Burial by Gallun, Raymond Z.
