Sentence examples for meager livelihood from inspiring English sources

Exact(4)

Now even that meager livelihood is threatened by an ulcer that doubles him over in agony.

Peasants whose crops are threatened turn to the Taliban for protection, willingly paying war taxes to safeguard their meager livelihood.

For a century and a half, the downtrodden tribe ekes out a meager livelihood on a small parcel of land a fraction of what it once had as some of the wealthiest, most awful people in the world turn what were once sacred grounds into their personal playground.

What if I told you that all over this country, major institutions created and sustained with a mission to pursue the betterment of mankind, colleges and universities that sit on billion dollar endowments are using the current economic crisis to further enrich themselves at the expense of the meager livelihood of long-time faculty?

Similar(53)

Mexican farmers fear that a flood of cheap agricultural imports from the United States will take away their meager livelihoods, and end a centuries-old way of life revolving around small-scale farming of corn.

Squads of mainly Pashtun Taliban marauders went from village to village and house to house, gutting the dwellings of the Mongol-featured Hazaras, their main adversary in these narrow gorges and vaulting peaks, chasing them from even the meager livelihoods of their infertile land.

On Saturday, Mr. Khan, whose carpentry shop in Kandahar, and thus his livelihood, had been damaged by American bombs, bought a meager amount of cookies from Ghulam Rasoul Faizi, a former professor who had been fired by the Taliban.

Appetites were meager.

That looks meager.

The results were meager.

"Pill," Sharkey Meager said.

Show more...

Ludwig, your English writing platform

Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.

Student

Used by millions of students, scientific researchers, professional translators and editors from all over the world!

MitStanfordHarvardAustralian Nationa UniversityNanyangOxford

Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak quote

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak

CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com

Get started for free

Unlock your writing potential with Ludwig

Letters

Most frequent sentences: