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
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"I'm always early, sir, for I live hard by."
From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 by Seymour, Robert
“You live hard, though, and your father grows no richer,” observed Eban.
From Michael Penguyne Fisher Life on the Cornish Coast by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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
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