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
Why, she couldn't live hard enough, the days seemed so short!
From Little Miss By-The-Day by Lucille Van Slyke
“Aye, I hope so, I b’lieve ’tis so; but you’ll have to live hard, an’ work hard, an’ be hard, if you wants to prosper here.
From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts
I have known many a family brought up decently on as little, or even less," said Peggy; "but then they were differently bred from you and could live hard.
From Mr. Hogarth's Will by Catherine Helen Spence
They live hard by, if so be they have not changed their lodgings.
From The Sign of the Red Cross by Evelyn Everett-Green
