How to Use make a living in a Sentence

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  • At the end of the day, the vendor's got to make a living too.
    — Alexis Davies, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Touring is one of the most honest ways to make a living.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The golf game seems like a healthier way to make a living.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • What happens with all of these fields where no one can make a living anymore?
    — Jenn Pelly, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Unlike the Giant, Alison is able to make a living off the auras that plague her.
    — Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Some attribute burnout to concerns over wanting to keep their job and make a living.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Throwing a wedding in order to receive gifts is a tough way to make a living.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
  • Her stress mounting, Haynesworth looked for other ways to make a living in Senegal.
    — Chika Oduah, Essence, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Some influencers and business owners that make a living from the app have even protested in front of the White House.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • But that's easier said than done when most athletes don't make a living in their sport.
    — Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
  • But these Joro webs are everywhere in the fall, including right next to busy roads, and the spiders seem to be able to make a living there.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
  • A lot of people can be creative, but not a lot can make a living being creative.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Do the waiters at your favorite restaurant rely on tips to make a living?
    — Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
  • It's also still used by artists and entertainers to share their work and make a living.
    — Max Eddy, PCMAG, 1 June 2023
  • And some of those who make a living in comedy are not holding back on their opinions.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • There’s a strong message there to all young musicians who want to make a living from music.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
  • In the early days of social media, people scoffed at the idea that posting content could be a way to make a living.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2023
  • That’s kind of always been my goal — just to be able to make a living, acting and provide for my family.
    — Dallas News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Her ability to make a living with art even surprised her.
    — Essence, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Others tried to make a living as laborers in Jalalabad but struggled in the city.
    — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • Many of those who make a living on the service also complain that a ban would hurt their businesses.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024
  • As someone with no plans to make a living off fiction, the downsides for me seem more personal.
    — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 24 May 2023
  • Others have dropped out of school to make a living on the street, returning to their homes and families only rarely.
    — Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Amapiano has resulted in so many South Africans being able to travel the world now and make music and make a living off of it.
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Business-savvy Taylor taught him how to make a living through painting, with a goal of creating fine art in the future.
    — Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Think of a small village: around a hundred or two hundred people, who have been living on the land for decades, trying to make a living.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The young star who’d been mobbed at premieres had to take bit parts and do advertising work in Japan to make a living for herself and for her mother.
    — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The couple works hard to make a living: Su works 10-hour days, six days a week making sushi in a restaurant, and his wife does the same while working a part-time job as a home care aide.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Since its founding in 2009, Sixth Street has largely remained under the radar except for among those who make a living on Wall Street.
    — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Most musicians and producers have to take two or three other jobs just to make a living, Clancy said.
    — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 6 June 2024

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