Sentence examples for earned merit from inspiring English sources

He earned merit badges in the Boy Scouts.

As the proud father of a scout who has earned merit badges in shotgun shooting and rifle shooting, I understand the requirements for both are all about learning to handle firearms safely.

To get things right will take a bipartisan spirit and respect for earned merit that neither the Left or Right could currently tolerate.

Dignity of merit – People have rights on the basis of holding certain roles or office or because they have earned merit through their actions.

Boy Scouts earn merit badges for cleaning, patching and resetting tombstones.

Buddhists call it "earning merit," because they give food in order to speed their path through the next world.

FOR Buddhists it is important to earn merit in this life, so as to be rewarded in the next one.

Boy Scouts must earn merit badges to move up in rank, and many of them focus on outdoor and survival skills.

The District's teachers are among the highest paid in the nation and can earn merit bonuses.

Connie Yowell, director of education at MacArthur, offers this example: a 4-H Club leader who helps his young members earn merit badges might earn a badge himself.

She sat behind a row of Girl Scouts, who told her that they were at the Cineplex to earn merit badges in Tolerance.