Example Sentences

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The 22-year-old had been surviving in temporary jobs - like factory work and cold-calling - since he was 16.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2023

Even people with jobs are increasingly in need of groceries, including one person who said she had been surviving on soup for a week, Ms. Warburton added.

From New York Times • May 5, 2022

For four years, Kelly had been surviving like a bottom-feeding fish off the carcass of the sunken Clay Helton era.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2022

IDLIB, Syria — For weeks, Ibrahim Abboud, an administrator at a hospital here, had been surviving on little sleep, consumed by worry and guilt, he said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2021

As near as Sansa could tell, their chief accomplishment had been surviving the battle on the river, a feat that few enough could boast.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin