hard-won
Example Sentences
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While the car’s Mood Modes include an accompanying soundtrack of thrumming, guttering performance sounds, I was happy to turn it off and rejoice in the well-wrought, hard-won quiet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Half a century after the last "Cod Wars" with Britain, many Icelanders are reluctant to yield even the tiniest bit of control of their hard-won national waters to Brussels.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
“It’s never easy,” he says with a hard-won wisdom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
"This is literally a matter of life and death, and risks undoing years of hard-won progress," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Wasn’t it my right to keep some of my hard-won earnings?
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
