Example Sentences

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Gratefully, I live in a dual-income household where my spouse is gainfully employed and compensated well.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

“At Atoms we make gainfully employed robots—specialized robots with productive jobs that bring abundance to their owners and society at large,” Kalanick wrote on the company’s website.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

It makes little sense to round up and deport those who haven’t committed crimes and are gainfully employed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Yet, with how much time these commenters seem to have to seek out unemployment announcements, one has to surmise that internet trolls aren’t exactly the most gainfully employed members of society themselves.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

Since he was gainfully employed by SNCC, had no outstanding debts and had plenty of cash in his wallet when arrested, the charge was groundless and, after a trial, had to be dropped.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman