sweat of one's brow
Example Sentences
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I am a farmer in the 300-to-400-acre bracket, and it is not enough anymore to work by the sweat of one's brow.
From Time Magazine Archive
The literalness of the saying "making a living by the sweat of one's brow" dawned upon her for the first time.
From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Hornblow, Arthur
It may be all very meritorious to eat one's bread in the sweat of one's brow.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. by Heyse, Paul
To gain one's bread by the sweat of one's brow, is a curse.
From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah
And what is eating one's bread in the sweat of one's brow but making money?
From North America — Volume 1 by Trollope, Anthony
