How to Use earn a living in a Sentence

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  • Some users have even managed to earn a living through the app.
    — Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The trick was to figure out how to earn a living being an artist.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Today, 74% of young adults in North Texas don’t earn a living wage.
    — United Way Of Metropolitan Dallas, Dallas News, 1 May 2023
  • Today, 74% of young adults in North Texas don’t earn a living wage.
    — United Way Of Metropolitan Dallas, Dallas News, 1 May 2023
  • People who have lost homes and loved ones in the earthquake must now worry about how to earn a living.
    — Benjamin Soloway, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Many graffiti artists would love to earn a living from their work.
    — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The ocean was a considered a place to earn a living by catching fish, not studying them.
    — Christina Barron, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
  • There are people trying to figure out how to earn a living.
    — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • His plan was to teach, but the job market had cratered, forcing him to return to his first love — locksmithing — to earn a living.
    — oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The benefit is not just to the tourist, but to residents who often can earn a living from tourism.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Her mother was poorly paid and struggled to earn a living wage.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Pierre said even though the cruise ship tourists didn’t come to the city itself, there are a lot of vendors who depend on cruises to earn a living.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
  • All workers now earn a living wage that starts at $20 an hour, according to the agency.
    — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2021
  • When prices are low, these measures help protect farmers, most of whom do not earn a living wage in Ghana.
    — thehustle.co, 12 Apr. 2024
  • To take away someone’s ability to earn a living seemed evil.
    — Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Day care needs to be affordable so these mothers can earn a living.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2024
  • It’s become more difficult to earn a living as an artist.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Lost Dog Street Band was born out of freedom: the idea that an artist with a guitar can go anywhere, at anytime, and earn a living singing their songs.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2022
  • No one should be put in unsafe circumstances while trying to earn a living.
    — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
  • Oil and gas execs are hoarding their bonuses and profits on the backs of working people who have to drive to earn a living despite the price at the pump.
    — Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
  • Oil and gas execs are hoarding their bonuses and profits on the backs of working people who have to drive to earn a living despite the price at the pump.
    — Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
  • With factories and companies shut down for months, none of the daily wage labourers had any means to earn a living.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Mining, agriculture, and logging were the only ways to earn a living.
    — Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024
  • His father struggled to earn a living as a soccer player, so Pelé grew up in poverty.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2022
  • In some cases, that can be enough for a supplemental income stream, but few earn a living wage.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2024
  • What’s next is finding a way to earn a living — paying bills and student loans, setting aside some for savings and some for fun — and having a life.
    — Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 13 July 2022
  • The changes that have happened in the last 10 years have pulled the rug out from writers’ ability to earn a living or to get through the lean periods with residuals.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
  • To earn a living, many local residents collect and sell coal from the Jharia coalfield in Dhanbad.
    — Time, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Some farmers who fled the drought in the south are now trying to earn a living in the capital collecting scrap metal and forging steel.
    — Lynsey Chutel Joao Silva, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The thesis proposed by Kevin Kelly is that a working creative only needs one thousand true fans willing to spend $100 on their art each year to earn a living.
    — Howard Murphy, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024

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