Noun
a time of difficulty
Source: WordNetEveryone goes through hard times. You have to find the strength within yourself to get through them. David Beckham
Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts. Anton Chekhov
People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. Emily Dickinson
Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times. Rutherford B. Hayes
Character is the virtue of hard times. Charles de Gaulle
In hard times priests are in great demand. Sicilian Proverb