make ends meet

Example Sentences

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He said the debt his patients described was not caused by buying unnecessary things, but by simply struggling to make ends meet.

From BBC

And in Virginia, Abigail Spanberger clinched the governor’s mansion on a campaign that named affordable child care and paid family and medical leave as essential to helping families make ends meet.

From Salon

He is light years away from his Scarborough neighborhood watching his mother struggle to make ends meet.

From Seattle Times

Some would-be buyers he knows are using tax refunds just to make ends meet instead of buying a needed car.

From Seattle Times

His parents struggled to make ends meet and Phanouch was sent to a local NGO, where he got access to education and sport.

From BBC