450 collocations for earned

Maintained in comfort, with no necessity to earn his living, this is probably natural; still, the bison enjoys the same advantages, although nobody ever saw him smile; but, then, an animal soon to become extinct can scarcely be expected to smile.

She thought of starting a store or taking a government job so she could earn money to take care of the missionary work.

It reconciles him to his lot, and sends him to his pillow, or about his labors, with a calm deliberate cheerfulness, very desirable to those who come under the law that requires people to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow.

The Syed of Goghari street has earned well-merited fame among the poorer Musulman inhabitants of that quarter; Abdulla has cast off his ill temper as it were a garment; Afiza the possessed has become Afiza the self-possessed, helping Abdulla to earn his livelihood and obtain the approval of his masters; and the child, unharmed by the Evil Eye and beloved of his parents, is daily waxing in favour with God and man.

It was a long field, and if he had earned a dollar for every time he had traversed its length, during the last ten years, he would have been a rich man.

Remember to earn your wages, Mr. Eagen!" He turned away to the binnacle.

If the majority had had your 'tribulum' they would think they had earned the right to play!"

He earned the same title in 1911.

He suffers from the divided mind; and earns the reputation of a hypocrite.

Underneath this picture stands the favourite horse of William II., one which carried him through numerous engagements, and earned from his Royal master a gratitude and affection that caused him to wish for his preservation in a position where he would constantly be reminded of him.

or is this fellow, Lump or Bump or whatever you call him, trying to take a rise out of us, or telling lies to earn the shilling?"

Pílsum heard the promise, and was ambitious of earning the reward; but fate decreed it otherwise.

The Syed of Goghari street has earned well-merited fame among the poorer Musulman inhabitants of that quarter; Abdulla has cast off his ill temper as it were a garment; Afiza the possessed has become Afiza the self-possessed, helping Abdulla to earn his livelihood and obtain the approval of his masters; and the child, unharmed by the Evil Eye and beloved of his parents, is daily waxing in favour with God and man.

It was one of Miss Mitchell's boasts that she had earned a salary for over fifty years, without any intermission.

Of course, a leading barrister earning a huge income could afford to live in a palatial residence in Princes Gate, but it was not the locality or residence that an economically-minded man would have chosen for his home.

Long agoit seems long agoshe could earn at best five francs in the Paris district.

Accordingly, I hired myself out at Fisher's Island, and earned twenty pounds; thirteen pounds six shillings of which my master drew for the privilege, and the remainder I paid him for my freedom.

He had counted on Oreana's earning a good sum, and had engaged a paying cargo for her when she got back.

First of all, Daubert has earned his place at first base for the season of 1912.

If you was to ask me how much I was able to earn there, and how much back on Unaka, I could make a good report for the mill on that, because that's all that's the matter with the mountainsthey're a beautiful place to live, but a body can't hardly earn a cent, work as they may." Johnnie forgot herselfshe was always doing thatand she talked freely and well.

He did it, vigorously; and earned his penny well.

The first decemvirs had earned the respect and esteem of their fellow-citizens.

He had little apprehension of what was to followthat Yussef would leave him without support; that his future life was to be passed in penury; nay, that his daughters would be compelled to earn his subsistence and their own by the labor of their hands.

"I'm goin' to earn my way and send for Mother and the children, if hard work'll do it; but I'm a mighty big, stout, healthy somebody, and I aim to keep so.

The only man of the race, Cosmo il Vecchio, who deserves any healthy admiration, although he was the real assassin of Florentine and Italian freedom, and has thus earned the nickname of Pater Patriae, is not buried here.

450 collocations for  earned