How to Use hard-earned in a Sentence

hard-earned

adjective

• Of course, that trust was hard-earned.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
• And every breath is hard-earned.
  — Nichole Marks, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• The grit and gusto that Groff brought to the cast album was hard-earned.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
• The hugs that followed her remarks were heartfelt, and hard-earned.
  — Tony Aiello, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
• This year, the warm weather, longer days, and good vibes feel especially hard-earned.
  — InStyle, 7 June 2026
• Stenhouse knows well the chaos at Daytona, where momentum is hard-earned and even harder to keep.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
• This beneficial garden maintenance task is imperative for keeping your beautiful, hard-earned rose bush alive year after year.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 10 July 2026
• The unique energy coming off Dickinson in the role seems to have been hard-earned — a result of his years spent tying the knots of his own masculinity and then eventually untangling them.
  — Carrie Battan, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
• Founded in 2004, jkROCK began its journey under humble and hard-earned circumstances.
  — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
• This positive experience was hard-earned after some rough years early in his career surrounding his rise to teen heartthrob fame with shows like One Tree Hill and Gilmore Girls.
  — H. Alan Scott jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025