live on
Example Sentences
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Writing is a strange way to make a living, and I had sold many books by the time I was forty but was not making enough money to live on.
From Literature
At first, we lived on the far side of the river, at the edge of the tundra, a great treeless place.
From Literature
"I hope things change - people live on hope," he added.
From BBC
About 200 dingoes live on K'Gari and are protected as a native species by law.
From BBC
If you don’t need RMDs to live on, you can avoid them by gifting to charity directly from your IRA through a qualified charitable gift, or QCD, which counts toward your RMD obligation.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
