of independent means
Example Sentences
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Dutifully addressed are the early years, when Bishop’s mother was committed to a sanitarium, and Bishop, an only child of independent means, was sent to live with grandparents in Nova Scotia.
From New York Times • May 25, 2015
"Salaries were very low in the art world; museums were places where ladies and gentlemen of independent means, often smart, educated people, could volunteer and do important work," Holo says.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2015
Orchestra Celebrates 25th With Beethoven No. 9 For any artistic organization of independent means to survive and flourish for 25 years is a real achievement.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2010
A strictly amateur investigator of independent means, he is nonetheless a good friend of Chief Inspector Stephen Castle, who recognizes the sleepy brilliance of this Jimmy Stewart look-alike.
From Washington Post
He was a bachelor of independent means; he bought a bungalow on Medway Hill and a six-cylinder runabout, which the servant learned to drive, after a fearsome fashion.
From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van
