Sentence examples for earning my keep from inspiring English sources

Wouldn't you assume that the designers were endowed with some alchemical or shamanistic power?" Quoting Mr. Dyer is so easy that I feel sheepish about it, as if I were not quite earning my keep.

I've held the hands of many clients through a variety of ups and downs during my 25 years as a financial planner, but I've really been earning my keep lately, while also having to manage my own strong emotions.

I'm just earning my keep every day.

I spent 80% of my time at my previous job acting busy so people would think I was earning my keep.

I'm the first to admit that sitting down at my computer and earning my keep isn't always easy -- especially when I'd prefer to be sprawled out in a hammock on the beach.

I'd go four months to the States, able to earn my keep there, and come back home.

The only thing I had to do to earn my keep in Media was mow Ken and Joan's extensive lawn.

But by my third year with the team, I had kind of earned my keep and got along well with great players like Graig Nettles, Willie Randolph, Lou Piniella and Dave Winfield.

The Internet not only sells more books for me, it also gives me more opportunities to earn my keep through writing-related activities.

I've been shamed for ways I earn my keep.

Then the enemy is everywhere: in those students from some alien planet, in that subject I thought I knew, and in the personal pathology that keeps me earning my living this way.