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
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Touring is one of the most honest ways to make a living.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2023
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The golf game seems like a healthier way to make a living.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
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What happens with all of these fields where no one can make a living anymore?
—Jenn Pelly, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2023
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Unlike the Giant, Alison is able to make a living off the auras that plague her.
—Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2022
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Some attribute burnout to concerns over wanting to keep their job and make a living.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
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Throwing a wedding in order to receive gifts is a tough way to make a living.
—Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
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Her stress mounting, Haynesworth looked for other ways to make a living in Senegal.
—Chika Oduah, Essence, 16 Nov. 2023
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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
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But that's easier said than done when most athletes don't make a living in their sport.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
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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
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A lot of people can be creative, but not a lot can make a living being creative.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2022
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Do the waiters at your favorite restaurant rely on tips to make a living?
—Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
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It's also still used by artists and entertainers to share their work and make a living.
—Max Eddy, PCMAG, 1 June 2023
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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
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There’s a strong message there to all young musicians who want to make a living from music.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
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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
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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
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Her ability to make a living with art even surprised her.
—Essence, 12 Jan. 2023
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Others tried to make a living as laborers in Jalalabad but struggled in the city.
—Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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