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
They live hard lives in those new lands.
From The Judgment House by Parker, Gilbert
In his habits and feelings he was not the self-indulgent man of peace, but the thorough soldier, willing to live hard, to sleep upon the ground, and to disregard all sensual indulgence.
From A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by Cooke, John Esten
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
Sir, pray rather to live hard, that ye may die easy, than to be fooled and fluted all through life, as to the pipe and tabor, and, in the last hour, be plunged among misfortunes!
From The Black Arrow by Stevenson, Robert Louis
