French dance audiences are a hardy bunch.

By the time the doors opened at 9:30 a.m., a hardy bunch had already lined up by the hundreds.

A hardy bunch of diehards in the Gotcha!

But talk they did and they will no doubt continue to do so such is the bond between this hardy bunch.

"Not like them at all, usually a hardier bunch."

Before rushing back to her campaign bus, she yelled: "Don't let anyone say that Republicans aren't a hardy bunch."

The folk of Dundalis were, a hardy bunch, not shying from the occasional fight.

A hardy bunch, the patrons were oblivious to the raindrops falling inside the tent.

Political reporters are a hardy, predictable bunch.

For the most part, though, Californians are a hardy bunch, willing to choose geographic splendor and pleasant weather over the threat of any old earthquake.