hard ground

Example Sentences

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"I slept on the hard ground for 55 nights, 55 days boiling water from a pond where cattle defecate in order to survive, eating dry rice and nothing else. I woke up to the sounds of all kinds of animals, mostly wolves and hyenas, and every day I killed scorpions around the place where I slept," he said in a follow-up post on 16 November.

From BBC

Then I took off my coat and clawed into the hard ground for dirt and piled it up in my coat.

From Literature

And the hedge knight is honest about what that means, telling Maekar that his youngest will sleep in stables, inns, or the halls of some low-level lord or landed knight — or, just as often, on the hard ground.

From Salon

I know we’re lucky that people let us sleep in their fields, but sleeping on the hard ground brings no real rest.

From Literature

Her sword arm has fallen to her side, the tip of the blade scratching against the cool, hard ground.

From Literature