Sentence examples for livelihood down from inspiring English sources

Which just goes to prove the old maxim: If you run a fancy-dress shop, don't try to help people who need it, because they will come and burn your livelihood down.

In both Dual Spires and Twin Peaks, a sawmill was the source of the town's livelihood and burned down in a case of arson.

The dam will of course result in flooded jungle which will displace the people and animals that live along these waterways as well as disrupt the livelihood of those living down stream of the dam.

But one group of hospitality professionals is literally watching its livelihood go down the drain as corporate events are pared to the bone — the corporate event planners hired by companies to book and coordinate meetings.

"Some people complain I'm cutting down the livelihood of poor, starving people around here," said the sheriff, prowling the greenery.

Fishermen have long blamed fish farms and hatcheries for hurting their livelihoods, either for bringing down prices at one point or spreading disease to the wild stocks.

"Two-thirds of the people still live in the countryside and their livelihoods have been going down every year.

It sure seems like the Roaring 20s all over again -- people at the top living it up while those down below lose their livelihood.

It's hysterical scaremongering".For sheer tactlessness towards a stricken people facing the loss of their homes and livelihood, this statement must go down as one of the most brazen in the annals of diplomacy.

But, he added, "when it comes down to a discussion of livelihood versus lives, the decision is a little easier to make".

It represents a highly uncertain "trickle down" approach to protecting workers' livelihoods and economic security.