Sentence examples for I was getting by from inspiring English sources

I was getting by, but just barely.

"The reaction was a thousand times better than what I was getting by phone".

I'd still get published in the Nation and The New York Review of Books, but everyone would know I was getting by on my reputation.

When I came home from that first trip, I laughed at those books that promised Europe on $50 a day, when I was getting by on something approaching $18.75.

I was getting by on my own at 15.

The recession had happened and I was getting by with a loan.

"I'm getting by," Mr. Maron said.

"I'm getting by," she said last week, "but just barely".

I'm getting by, though; I'm doing O.K. Thanks for asking.

"I'm getting by without it, but it would be nice.

"I'm not saving; I'm getting by from week to week," she said, then quickly added that she was not complaining.