make a living
Example Sentences
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I’m not ashamed of the fact that I’ve used this body to make a living.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Many of the “ritual entrepreneurs” he profiles are people who make a living by tailoring practice to the individual tastes involved.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
He found his way to Ramallah, where he opened a successful downtown falafel restaurant to make a living, and above all feed his family still in Gaza.
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
Opening her journal, she committed to paper her ambition to make a living as an artist.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
It was the only way the teachers, who hadn’t been paid for years, could make a living.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
