daily bread
Example Sentences
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"We just want to live and earn our daily bread," said Ali, an Iranian man in his 30s, who asked to use a pseudonym.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Turkel’s book stressed that work was a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
"We are tired now. We wake up angry, we can't feed our children the daily bread and milk they ask for," said 57-year-old homemaker Mariel Segovia in Tapiales near Buenos Aires.
From Reuters ● Oct. 20, 2023
And that was a shock to him, because while he occasionally saw his mom light up, “it wasn’t our daily bread at all.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
I know the family business — It’s been drummed into my head: How to cheat the hungry customer And earn my daily bread.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
