Sentence examples for die hard that from inspiring English sources

Its colonel in 1811, wounded in the Battle of Albuera, refused to be taken to the rear, crying, "Die hard, 57th, die hard!" That was preceded in America by the report of George Washington's last words, which were "I die hard, but am not afraid to go".

(Not my devotion to the original "Die Hard" — that film could be playing on a staticky video screen in a sauna full of lava and piranhas in hell and, should I happen to pass by, I would sit down and watch it to the end).

Old friendships die hard in that part of the world.

Or, they might find that old habits die hard and that their relatives continue to prefer a book or newspaper they can hold in their hands to one that appears on a screen.

Ax says that you learn that "old habits die hard" but that Obama doesn't feel he's "wasted his time".

But remember that many traditions die hard and that prejudices linger in many industries and companies.

I'm all too aware that old biases die hard and that full social justice is still far away.

Old habits die hard and all that.

The government realized that old customs and institutions would die hard and that reform would take more than mere decrees and imitation of things Western.

Because old stereotypes die hard within an industry that prefers stasis over change.

Given that old habits die hard, I have no doubt that many dams will continue to be built.