'You, Kyotorm, must be especially patient for you are as a brother to Thane, bound close by shared hardships.'

Still, the shared hardships have translated into a gritty texture that is one part "Real World," one part "Survivor."

It is something founded in shared hardship, suffering and even pain.

As age worn as she through long years of shared hardship, he would guess she was flustered; and in hindsight, the blighted black cloth was a mistake that would accent any pallor born of nervousness.

The shared hardship of the war years also set the stage for social welfare policies of the post-war Norwegian Labour Party governments.

Now Dixon's crew was honed tough and tenacious, bound tight by shared hardship and from staring death in the eye night after night.

The changes have, perhaps, lessened a communal feeling forged by shared hardship.

Some terms are derogatory to varying degrees and many service personnel take some pleasure in the sense of shared hardships which they endure and which is reflected in the slang terms.

Five words that recalled the closeness forged by days and months and years of shared hardship; a kinship closed to anyone who had not likewise lived through it.

Overnight waits - replete with exhaustion and the camaraderie of shared hardship and passion - at least guaranteed a chance to play golf.