hand-to-mouth existence
Example Sentences
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Restless handheld cinematography and brisk, sometimes almost breathless editing, give a sense of the exhausting rhythm of Nico’s hand-to-mouth existence and the superhuman juggling act required to muster the charisma that used to come naturally.
From The Guardian • May 11, 2020
Locked down for two months in crumbling apartments in a mob-infiltrated town north of Naples, their hand-to-mouth existence has grown even more precarious with no work, no food and no hope.
From Washington Times • May 2, 2020
The military seemed like the only way out of a hand-to-mouth existence, so Harris enlisted in the branch that seemed least dangerous.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2019
This hand-to-mouth existence continued for eight years until eventually Mr Guray got his first big break.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2013
After a hand-to-mouth existence, but still a free one, in England, he had allowed himself to be nabbed by the police, like the veriest simpleton!
From A Nest of Spies by Allain, Marcel
