A stressed tree may take a year or two to recover from a hard season.

After a hard season of playing and listening, relief was in order.

They sold themselves out as harvesters in a hard season.

"It was a hard off season knowing that they were messing around."

It is the hardest season to find extra time for our pets.

The winter is a hard season for the poor.

But she's had a hard season and lost 17 kilos in weight after her latest win at York.

They say this will be a hard season coming.

You prepare yourself during spring training for the long, hard season.

Still, local business people are complaining about what they call the hardest season in memory.