gainfully

Example Sentences

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“At Atoms we make gainfully employed robots—specialized robots with productive jobs that bring abundance to their owners and society at large,” Kalanick wrote on the company’s website.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

At the center of this story is a gainfully employed layabout, an unnamed, possibly mythical “friend of a friend.”

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

Netflix might have more gainfully objected to Mr. Sutter’s dialogue, which has all the natural vitality of a cow pie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

He was often poor, always mooching, rarely gainfully employed for long.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2023

Since he was gainfully employed by SNCC, had no outstanding debts and had plenty of cash in his wallet when arrested, the charge was groundless and, after a trial, had to be dropped.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman