EARN in a Sentence

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171 example sentences for EARN, such as:

1. He earned a precarious living as an artist.
2. He earned a reputation as an expert on tax law.
3. And I can't even go off and earn my living again.
4. Quashy shall earn the money, and I will spend it.
5. And what she could earn seemed so pitiably small.

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 Meanings and Examples of EARN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
earn
 v.  acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
 v.  earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Classic Sentence: (108 in 8 pages)
1  When the war was over, a plantation could earn an honest living.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
2  Scarlett did not realize that all the rules of the game had been changed and that honest labor could no longer earn its just reward.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
3  And what she could earn seemed so pitiably small.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
4  And I am perfectly well able to earn my own living.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
5  And I can't even go off and earn my living again.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
6  , I had to earn part of my way, and when I wasn't doing that or studying, I guess I was roughhousing.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
7  She will be glad to earn something, and it will be a good time to end misunderstandings.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
8  Robert is very well in a way, to give up all the money he can earn to the family, and keep the barest pittance for himself.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVI
9  He is a beef-boner, and that is a dangerous trade, especially when you are on piecework and trying to earn a bride.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
10  He had no overcoat, and no place to go, and two dollars and sixty-five cents in his pocket, with the certainty that he could not earn another cent for months.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
11  Since a man has intellectual needs also, he will work longer, earn more, and provide for them to his own taste and in his own way.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
12  Quashy shall earn the money, and I will spend it.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
13  It was only early in the morning or late at night that I could earn anything, so that I began to get behind hand with my employer.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
14  If only they were educated to live instead of earn and spend, they could manage very happily on twenty-five shillings.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
15  I have been used to the gratification of believing myself to earn every blessing that I enjoyed.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
Example Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
16  I shall continue to act as Adele's governess; by that I shall earn my board and lodging, and thirty pounds a year besides.
17  She went on to earn a degree in journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987, coming back to Alaska to be a sports commentator in Anchorage.
18  But the only way to “complete” the game and earn the ultimate Tower rating, is to build an actual cathedral into the edifice and then wait for someone to get married there.
19  His administration has earned low marks for its economic policies.
20  His agent raked a quarter off everything he earned this time.
21  He earned a precarious living as an artist.
22  Her success in business had earned her a certain cachet in society.
23  He earned a reputation as an expert on tax law.
24  Those workers earned less money because of deductions for medical insurance from their wages.
25  The manager earned himself a severe reprimand for criticizing the referee.
26  High rates of return can be earned on these investments.
27  The skier's brilliant performance earned him the highest score of the day.
28  It was the wig this woman wore during a two-day robbery across New York that earned her the name blonde bandit.
29  Eric earned his bread and butter as a bookkeeper, but added a little jam by working with a dance band on weekends.
30  Some earned a living in illicit trafficking, from smuggling to prostitution, but others had been educated in France and had fortunes, lands, and slaves.