EARN in a Sentence

Learn EARN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
171 example sentences for EARN, such as:
1. Many women earn less than their male colleagues.
2. And what she could earn seemed so pitiably small.
3. And I can't even go off and earn my living again.
4. Quashy shall earn the money, and I will spend it.
5. It's difficult to earn a livelihood as an artist.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of EARN
earn
 v.  acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
 v.  earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Classic Sentence: (108 in 8 pages)
1  When the war was over, a plantation could earn an honest living.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
2  Scarlett did not realize that all the rules of the game had been changed and that honest labor could no longer earn its just reward.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
3  And what she could earn seemed so pitiably small.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
4  And I am perfectly well able to earn my own living.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
5  And I can't even go off and earn my living again.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
6  , I had to earn part of my way, and when I wasn't doing that or studying, I guess I was roughhousing.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
7  She will be glad to earn something, and it will be a good time to end misunderstandings.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
8  Robert is very well in a way, to give up all the money he can earn to the family, and keep the barest pittance for himself.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVI
9  He is a beef-boner, and that is a dangerous trade, especially when you are on piecework and trying to earn a bride.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
10  He had no overcoat, and no place to go, and two dollars and sixty-five cents in his pocket, with the certainty that he could not earn another cent for months.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
11  Since a man has intellectual needs also, he will work longer, earn more, and provide for them to his own taste and in his own way.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
12  Quashy shall earn the money, and I will spend it.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
13  It was only early in the morning or late at night that I could earn anything, so that I began to get behind hand with my employer.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
14  If only they were educated to live instead of earn and spend, they could manage very happily on twenty-five shillings.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
15  I have been used to the gratification of believing myself to earn every blessing that I enjoyed.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
Example Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
1  He will always be a slave who knows not how to earn and save.
2  It's difficult to earn a livelihood as an artist.
3  Door - to - door salesmen usually have a low basic wage and earn most of their money on commission.
4  Women's salaries are low vis-a-vis what men earn for the same work.
5  Even one minute's lateness would earn a stern rebuke.
6  Many women earn less than their male colleagues.
7  His main mission in life is to earn as much money as possible.
8  His one object in life is to earn as much money as possible.
9  The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but to make every mouthful sweet.
10  Our Affiliate programs empower our associates to earn commissions and receive ticket discounts.
11  In order to earn a graduate degree from many of our universities, a candidate is frequently required to prepare a dissertation on some scholarly subject.
12  I want to earn a bike, I need it to mobilize myself in the city, from my house to the office.
13  I wish to foster, not to blight -- to earn gratitude, not to wring tears of blood -- no, nor of brine: my harvest must be in smiles, in endearments, in sweet -- That will do.
14  During the summer hiatus, many students try to earn enough money to pay their tuition for the next school year.
15  Dawson Ko, 24, received his black belt in karate in March 2007, making him the first blind person in Australia to earn a black belt.