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Example sentences for "work hard"

  • If one wants to keep one's self straight, one has to work hard at it, one way or the other.

  • I'm sure I work hard, Aunt Pipkin, and I don't get no wages.

  • The trouble with Caroline was that she wasn't willing to work hard," she told herself.

  • It's made a lot of us work hard, and only seriously frightened three or four.

  • We very well know, when we work hard at anything, we are likely to "get warmed up.

  • And, indeed, the Girl Scouts meant to work hard, for the passing of the Pioneer test carried with it such a wonderful reward.

  • I thought it was too easy," she afterward explained to Marjorie, "and I didn't work hard enough.

  • We all appreciate things we have to work hard for, you know!

  • Work hard at something, work hard," said the Philosopher of Labour, over and over again.

  • I intend to work hard," said Amy, in her most energetic tone.

  • To many, therefore, especially to those who wished to work hard, it was a great drawback being penned up night and day with companions whose tastes not unfrequently were anything but congenial.

  • You will have to work hard for a year or two, but with what you know already you will soon pick up all that is required, and your knowledge of natural history will no doubt help you on and bring you into notice.

  • It was a clever, well-contrived scheme, but he will have to work hard to keep those guns, Gil.

  • But if he's willing to work hard, and to put by half he makes, he's sure to do well, and he may get rich.

  • I have to work hard, and that's all the good it does.

  • It happened, therefore, that Joe was compelled to work hard, while the promised clothing was of the cheapest and shabbiest description.

  • I mean to work hard at music, and high time that I should.

  • I shall manage to do so if I work hard to-day and to-morrow, and if we have bad weather, for really a fine day is too great a temptation.

  • When we got so we not able to work hard he come to town and carpentered, right here, and I cooked fo Mr. Hopkins seven years and fo Mr. Gus Thweatt and fo Mr. Nick Thweatt.

  • You will have to work hard as us have done b'fore.

  • My ma had to work hard so ev'y time ol' mistress thought we little black chilluns was hungry 'tween meals she would call us up to the house to eat.

  • I'm pretty old and can't work hard anymore, but I manage to get along.

  • I never had to work hard as old Master wanted us to grow up strong.

  • They was so many of us for dat little field we never did have to work hard.

  • Ang draybir kinahanglan giyung mukáyud sa hustu arung makabawì sa ábang, A jeep driver has to work hard to earn enough money to pay for the rent of his jeep.

  • Paspaytan (paspaytun) ta nig trabáhu arun daling mahuman, Let’s work hard on this so it will get done right away.

  • Gibarnáti pagpagúna ang sinuhúlan, The hired laborer was made to work hard weeding.

  • I like him very much, and it was to please him that I began to work hard, for, you know, he was very anxious to get home in time to be at his own wedding.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "work hard" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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