Sentence examples for working meaning from inspiring English sources

Host countries often bar them from working, meaning that families cannot provide for themselves.

In the last round of contract negotiations, the clause for branches controlled by the New York Public Library was modified so that workers could collect comp time and keep working, meaning the branch could stay open.

"You look out into the world and you say, 'Who are the working — meaning you also have a job, not just writing novels — single moms who are writing novels that you want to read?' " she said.

I remember my old man frantically attempting to fix it, managing only to get the VCR working, meaning we were only able to tape it.

The majority of these 465,000 Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants are working — meaning they are paying taxes and money into the German system.

Now on a combination of five different drugs, Smith, who worked as an academic adviser at a community college before going on disability to become a "professional cancer patient," says her latest scans show the treatment is working, meaning her condition is stable with no new tumors.

They support a safety net but want programs to "work" (meaning, result in fewer impoverished people).

Did any of the safety measures specifically work — meaning, they kept students safe from harm — and if so, which ones?

This time, many of these wrecks failed to work, meaning thousands of voters had to resort to paper ballots, which then had to be counted by hand.

Turkey's policy until this month had been to treat Syrians as temporary guests, with no right to work, meaning refugees could only work illegally.

We talk a bit about money and he says he thinks materialism doesn't work, meaning it doesn't actually make anyone properly happy.