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How to use hard-up in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word hard-up? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
The cash bribe is rarely encountered in this hard-up hobby where every spare penny goes to the ever-open maw of the Post Office.
Today's lucky hard-up is a sales executive from Surrey who has to be the biggest plum in the south-east.
Even if the cricket committee did want to go for a top name, it is not certain that the hard-up club would be able to agree to cough up the wages.
The irony is that hard-up Paddy's is flush with character, while the ersatz grandeur of malls and the like offer a poorer shopping experience by far.
The mysterious cardsharp uses his skills as a professional gambler in Las Vegas and gives the cash to hard-up families.
Police and retailers report that they are seeing new types of people trying to shoplift as well as the regulars, and some admit they are just hard-up.
Examples from Classical Literature
We are now hearing stories of hard-up families huddling together in beds early in the night in a bid to keep down costs.
The star in this new release is Aaron Paul, playing hard-up mechanic Tobey, whose spare time is spent on the underground racing circuit.
Presumably for reflection on such imponderables as how a hard-up country can possibly find the dosh for such selfindulgent twaddle.
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