make comfortable

Example Sentences

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“Scholars on both the left and right make comfortable livings detailing the pathologies of the poor without ever talking with a single poor person,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

While welcoming the expert panel's report, Miles admitted it did not always make comfortable reading.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

The front pages of the Wednesday papers would not make comfortable viewing for Johnson.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2022

He is typical of the regulators, lawyers, and lobbyists who make comfortable livings shuttling between overseeing and promoting the credit union industry.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2013

"Might as well," returned the other, casting a glance over toward the balance of the patrol, still squirming more or less, as they tried to make comfortable nests for themselves.

From The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners by Carter, Herbert