live hard
Example Sentences
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Men marked by prowess but by no particular ambition, David and Charles live hard but enjoyably in the wilderness, go on great sprees when they come to town, feel no need of a change.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is the usual condition of mind upon such occasions amongst men who live hard.
From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Cullum, Ridgwell
But if an equality of goods is established, this may be either too much, when it enables the people to live luxuriously, or too little, when it obliges them to live hard.
From Politics: A Treatise on Government by Ellis, William
To live hard and die hard, king in the wilderness and pauper in the town, lavish to-day and penniless to-morrow—such was the life of the most picturesque figure in America's history.
From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.
The descendants of the man who found the body of Rufus in the New Forest still live hard by.
From Civics: as Applied Sociology by Geddes, Patrick
