Example Sentences

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How are you “selfish” after 2½ years of primary breadwinning and housekeeping?

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2021

The household quarrels about cleaning and goal-setting and competitive breadwinning have an intriguing texture.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 30, 2019

But consider the national policy focus responsible for that lifestyle: Sweden prizes gender equality, universal child care and a “dual earner-carer” model that features women and men sharing breadwinning and child-rearing roles.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2019

As Nic, the breadwinning partner in a married lesbian couple, Bening’s performance is most notable for its plainspoken simplicity.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2016

He had been along all the pavements of Grub Street, perhaps the most exciting place of breadwinning known to the civilized man.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher