Example sentences for: livelihood

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

  • Preaching that suffering came from the pursuit of personal desire, Buddha had advocated the Middle Way of the Eightfold Path: right views, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right recollection, and right meditation.

  • Your livelihood is dependent on the success of this program.

  • A person's human rights are recognized to include “a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of…lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control” [1].

  • In India, the Hindu said that "the Democrats have held their own in a remarkable fashion," while Japan's biggest-selling paper, Asahi Shimbun, reported that "the outcome of the US mid-term elections conveyed a clear message from the voters: politicians should pay more attention to the livelihood of the people."

  • One way or another many tobacco farmers are forced out of their livelihood.


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