make a living

Example Sentences

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“You can’t make a living doing it,” she told the outlet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

"Television stuff. But I had to make a living."

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

If he can’t make a living in Nantong either, he said, “I’ll just have to live off my parents.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Ernesto never did get the taxi, but he did find enough work to make a living.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

Barrel organists and other itinerant musicians would hang around the theatres, learn the tunes and make a living busking them in the street the next day.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall