EARN in a Sentence
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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.
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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Meanings and Examples of EARN
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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.
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.
3 And what she could earn seemed so pitiably small.
4 And I am perfectly well able to earn my own living.
5 And I can't even go off and earn my living again.
6 , I had to earn part of my way, and when I wasn't doing that or studying, I guess I was roughhousing.
7 She will be glad to earn something, and it will be a good time to end misunderstandings.
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.
9 He is a beef-boner, and that is a dangerous trade, especially when you are on piecework and trying to earn a bride.
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.
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.
12 Quashy shall earn the money, and I will spend it.
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.
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14 If only they were educated to live instead of earn and spend, they could manage very happily on twenty-five shillings.
15 I have been used to the gratification of believing myself to earn every blessing that I enjoyed.
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.