Sentence examples similar to hard won decency from inspiring English sources

With manic verve and sad, knowing realism, Mr. Dizdar knits his large cast together into a tapestry bright with grief, horror and hatred, but also glowing with hard-won decency.

The reprieve was hard won.

The lessons were hard won.

"He tried hard, ran hard, won hard.

It was a victory hard won.

It was an identity hard won.

But such victories are hard won.

The English was hard won, he said.

It was a valuable lesson, hard won.

These successes were hard won.

The trophies are hard won.