How to Use livelihood in a Sentence

livelihood

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  • Many fishermen believe that the new regulations threaten their livelihoods.
  • Its aim: prevent the loss of lives and livelihood due to lightning.
    — Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2024
  • And affect the livelihood of one in 10 people on the planet.
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The racist tirade that ensued cost the comic his livelihood.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 4 June 2024
  • Very, in the sense this woman has built her career and her livelihood on her own.
    — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 2 May 2023
  • My daughter has a bed and breakfast, and that’s her livelihood.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Not only have many of them lost their homes, but their very livelihoods as well.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Bowes’s small farm has been her livelihood and her lifelong dream.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
  • For West African hair braiders in Harlem like Mariam, an injury can mean the end of their livelihood.
    — Houreidja Tall, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 July 2023
  • The virus has impacted the livelihood of pros since the very beginning of the ALGS.
    — Ethan Davison, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
  • Cassey is an artist who has made her culture her livelihood.
    — Jenna Kunze, ELLE, 28 July 2022
  • They are made to choose between their cargo, their livelihood, and souls adrift at sea.
    — Kenneth R. Rosen, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2022
  • These are often to blame for the loss of livelihood and poverty that make the journey north seem worthwhile.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Earlier in the day, Kong battled to save his livelihood.
    — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • And that’s not even to consider the class division that’s at the basis of Julie’s own life and livelihood.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2023
  • These are secondary to the main livelihood of livestock grazing.
    — Christine Ro, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Thousands of others -- their livelihood depends on the port.
    — ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The hydropower plant didn't just impact the region's wildlife, but the livelihood of the people living around the lake, as well.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In the case of Dion, the illness halted her livelihood and ability to perform.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In a more than 20-year scandal, some postal workers were sent to prison and others lost their livelihoods and homes.
    — Sachin Ravikumar, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
  • This, in turn, threatened the livelihoods of local farmers.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The Palestinian farmers and villagers are struggling to hold on to their lands and livelihoods.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2023
  • But awareness and resolve to save our planet, to save lives and livelihoods, has never been stronger.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2023
  • That's because his livelihood and love for the Tour has never been so under attack.
    — Adam Schupak, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2022
  • But maybe that’s a part of it. :: Natural beauty is Alpine County’s great gift and its main source of livelihood.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2022
  • That actor’s livelihood hinges on a fair answer to these questions.
    — Bob Verini, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The destruction and fires were followed by loss of livelihood, loss of business and income.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Her grandparents came for the mines, which supported livelihoods in town until the last one closed in 1991.
    — Jonathan Weisman Benjamin Rasmussen, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Most everything in the building was lost, taking with it a cornerstone of his livelihood.
    — Ayurella Horn-Muller / Grist, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The fighting has already destroyed 70% of Gaza's crop fields, and dismantled livelihoods and food systems, the report found.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024

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