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

The descendants of the man who found the body of Rufus in the New Forest still live hard by.

From Civics: as Applied Sociology by Geddes, Patrick

They live hard by, in the Calle maior.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John

There is a man who teaches the grown-up children of the parish in which this Park is situated, who happens to live hard by,—a man who professes the care and cure of minds.

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia

Only oblige yourself to live hard for a little time, till you have saved five shillings out of your own earnings.

From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by More, Hannah