Sentence examples for earned the day from inspiring English sources

Proof of their votes can be issued at the voting station to indicate to employers that the employees earned the day off by fulfilling their civic duty.

Whatever he could earn with his art, it seemed, would be more than he had earned the day before.

He earned the day's biggest applause for his call to replace GDP as a measure with his own nation's Human Happiness Index.

Parker made her first start of the season and earned the day's loudest ovation from the 13,500 fans at Staples Center when her name was announced.

The junior anxiously waited for the subsequent three heats of the 200 to finish before hearing that he was ninth overall and earned the day's final qualifying spot.

On Court 7 López, the 30th seed, almost blew a two-set lead before earning the Saturday match against Murray by beating his fellow Spaniard Pablo Andujar in four hours and 15 minutes.

They all earned the win Sunday.

Johnson earned the award Monday after guiding the Nets to an 11-4 record, their best start ever through 15 games.

Stinson, who was called up from the minors on Sept. 1, earned the save Tuesday in the Mets' 7-4 win in 12 innings.

These events, which earned the sobriquet "Saturday Night Massacre," happen almost casually in the midst of Mr. Mallon's fine, boisterous historical tableau.

Kerry Wood, recovering from tendinitis in the lower-triceps muscle, worked five shutout innings and earned the victory Tuesday in a 4-1 defeat of Albuquerque.