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Example sentences for: earned

How can you use “earned” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He earned everything he has, unlike softies like Bush and Forbes, who had the world handed to them, and Clinton, who was anointed by Fulbright and got his own free ride!
Michael Sims felt that way at age 39 -- the day he earned a job.
In fact, Steele probably could have earned more money if she had volunteered some scandalous yarn.
. For instance, reports the Times , the Carnival Corporation, larger than many Fortune 500 companies, earned $2 billion in the past three years while paying less than 1 percent in income tax.
… In a Time remembrance , Bill Clinton claims Yeltsin "earned the right to be called the Father of Russian Democracy."