be hard up
Example Sentences
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George laughs gruffly: “You lot must be hard up for heroes.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2018
The finding that loneliness can be contagious also caught some readers off-guard—wouldn't lonely souls be hard up for people to infect?
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2010
And for food he need not be hard up, nor has he been for a single day.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
"He has four youngsters, and I knows they be hard up," he began.
From Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Australia's a damnable place to be hard up in.
From Captivity by M. Leonora Eyles
