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

Almost all the men are handsome, but live hard, it is said, in order to decorate their backs with those fine clothes of theirs.

From From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by Thackeray, William Makepeace

“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 Phillpotts, Eden

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

"I'm always early, sir, for I live hard by."

From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 by Seymour, Robert