Sentence examples for rather than earned from inspiring English sources

Her nickname was borrowed rather than earned.

Big "ooh" from behind but it would have been a gift for Anderson rather than earned by the ball.

Mr Ford's frequent pronouncements of epistemological wonder grow grating and almost cheap, a pose of mystification that seems donned rather than earned.

Even a good for which we might have been responsible but weren't — say, a fortune inherited rather than earned — may bring us great happiness.

In "Blueprints" the stories refer glancingly to one another, but the trick doesn't always work — connections can feel copied and pasted rather than earned.

"Because my last 10 years, I've — my income comes overwhelmingly from investments made in the past, rather than ordinary income, or rather than earned annual income".

Rather than earning $1.89 to $1.94 a share before special charges, the company now expects to earn $1.80 to $1.85.

Naturalism believes by just replicating a thing you give the truth, rather than earning the truth".

Rather than earning their positions independently, almost every one of them has risen to power through a family connection.

Rather than earn a renewal, the plant shut down with eight years left on its original license.

With the players essentially stranded, Clavijo says, "I invest in the team," meaning he spends rather than earns.