Sentence examples similar to lad hard from inspiring English sources

We had good lads – hard, working-class lads who could handle a fight.

Hegley's 2003 poem, The Sound of Paint Drying, reads: "The picture I usually paint of my father / is the one of him smacking me as a lad: / hard and uncompromising".

The Shri Sai Satcharita recounts the reaction of the villagers: The people of the village were wonder-struck to see such a young lad practising hard penance, not minding heat or cold.

'My lads worked hard, they were exhausted,' said Gradi.

He works the lads very hard in training with his fitness work and with organisation on the pitch.

Of course, in real life, the arcades of the 1970s and 1980s were filled with sweaty young lads concentrating hard on gaining a high score and value for money from their 10p pieces rather than world-saving Hollywood funnymen.

"The lads worked hard," he said.

Cox said: "I said to the lads the hard works starts now.

"The lads worked hard and never let their heads go down.

The lads are hard at work hanging at MWC 2011, drinking red wine, and eating patatas bravas.

The lads worked hard but we got dominated early on and allowed Hull to play the way they have trained.