Sentence examples for support myself on from inspiring English sources

My life is OK because my husband earns a decent wage but I certainly could not support myself on what I earn.

The woman who hired me, a fifties-era Vassar graduate, told me that she hoped I had an independent source of income, as I certainly wouldn't be able to support myself on my salary.

Getting out of graduate school in a poor economy, I have been trying to figure out how to support myself on my own terms.

"And I couldn't have supported myself on that kind of book".

I won't be able to support myself living on my own.

"But welfare is expecting me to support myself and three children on what amounts to $500 per month" after her rent is paid -- "it's impossible".

One miscarriage later, the subsequent births of three children within five years, a workaholic husband who rarely lent a hand, and a three-year tour living overseas in furtherance of my husband's goals, I suddenly found myself nearing 40, about to be divorced, faced with full physical custody of my three kids, and no immediate means to support myself and my family on my own.

My grandmother taught me how to embroider when I was 4. I first opened the shop so I could support myself while I was going on auditions, but when I got my hands on all those vintage dresses and started designing for the shop, I really got the clothing bug.

"But I'm so proud I can support myself, and have an apartment on the Lower East Side that I can afford," she said.

Under the new legislation, I wouldn't even have been able to support myself through A-levels – it relies on a false assumption that all under-25s can live at home, without providing a safety net to help those for whom this is simply impossible.

"From that point on, I could support myself through acting," he notes.