acquire a livelihood
Example Sentences
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Deprived of sight, no longer able to acquire a livelihood by his labour, weary, and full of remorse, he daily took his round through the public streets, soliciting a penny for the "poor blind."
From The Adventures of a Bear And a Great Bear too by Weir, Harrison
It was her intention to acquire a livelihood by means of her needle, at that time almost the only resource for genteel poverty.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by Wilson, John Mackay
Some days after my arrival the tailor asked me if I knew anything by which I could acquire a livelihood.
From The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Winter, Milo
