the hard way
Example Sentences
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"So coming here on my own, I've had to figure out the hard way how to do things differently when a male client comes in," Ffion said.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way," Carr told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
But Lowden went on to earn his fractured action-hero gravitas the hard way: summer classes at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and several years of stage work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Comcast shareholders learned that the hard way and cheered when the company recently decided to split into two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
He’d learned the hard way that if somebody was going to have your back in a fight, it was better if you found some common ground and trusted each other.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
