Example Sentences

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“They are so frightened … Grandparents die. Breadwinners die. How will their children get food?”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2021

Breadwinners need a way to provide that doesn’t involve illegality.

From Washington Times • Jan. 7, 2019

His anonymous novel, The Breadwinners, was an important document in the early labor movement.

From The New Nation by Dodd, William E.

When the anonymous novel, "The Breadwinners," appeared, it excited a good deal of comment because of the freedom with which the author presented prominent persons under a disguise too thin to conceal identity.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary

A few years ago, it will be remembered, we were puzzling our brains to discover the name of the author of "The Breadwinners."

From Methods of Authors by Erichsen, Hugo