high living
Example Sentences
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But rising costs and Bristol's high living expenses made it difficult to survive on one income.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Commentators have blamed slow economic growth, high living costs and a housing crisis that has made it difficult for young New Zealanders to get on the property ladder.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
She has kept her job—Miami’s high living costs make taking a pay cut difficult—but is spending more time commuting and more money on after-hours care for her two children.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025
Especially for states like California, international migration is the difference between a growing or shrinking population, especially as many appear to be moving out of the state because of its high living costs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2023
His enemies and doubters, however, said that this Gotama was an idle fraud; he passed his days in high living, scorned the sacrifices, was unlearned and knew neither practices nor mortification of the flesh.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
