Synonyms for hard knock

Grammar : Noun

Top 10 synonyms for hard knock

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Définition of hard knock

As in tribulation : noun pain, unhappiness

Example sentences :

That's flattering to a chance acquaintance, but a hard knock at your friends.
Extract from : « The Rest Hollow Mystery » by Rebecca N. Porter

I've been fighting against you all these years, and many a hard knock we've had.
Extract from : « Robert E. Lee » by Ruth Hill

"He got a hard knock after we met the Brimsteads," said Sarah.
Extract from : « A Man for the Ages » by Irving Bacheller

Be jabbers, it's a hard knock you have had, and a mighty lot of blood you must have lost!
Extract from : « Orange and Green » by G. A. Henty

At this moment the postman's hard knock at the door nearly made him cry out aloud.
Extract from : « The Mark Of Cain » by Andrew Lang

His gun-stock snapped in the middle, his cocked-hat sustained many contusions, even his nose had more than one hard knock.
Extract from : « Just Sixteen. » by Susan Coolidge

At last the goat got tired of hearing Jack bark, and thought he would give him one hard knock, and drive him away.
Extract from : « The Nursery, August 1881, Vol. XXX » by Various

A little more, and one could imagine him giving Mr. Downing a good, hard knock.
Extract from : « Mike » by P. G. Wodehouse

"They are going to give the Boches a hard knock," said grizzled men, who remembered in their boyhood another war.
Extract from : « Now It Can Be Told » by Philip Gibbs

The churches will receive many a hard knock without you adding your quota.
Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer

Antonyms for hard knock

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