10 sentences with “earned”

His honesty earned him the respect of everyone.

With his honesty, he earned the respect of everyone in the community.

The actress played a dramatic role that earned her an Oscar nomination.

His innovative project earned him an award in the scientific competition.

Meanwhile, a typical soldier earned about 1,200 a year, and poor farmers much less.

In a small number of cases, these elite slaves were able to keep some of the money they earned, save it and buy their freedom.

White women in the United States earned 60 per cent of the income of men doing the same job, while black women earned only 42 per cent.

At the age of thirty, having earned his living as a carpenter up to that point, Jesus began to preach a message of salvation that revolved around the concept that humanity as a whole could be saved if it sought God's forgiveness for its sins.

The Industrial Revolution was responsible for huge changes in the way people lived their daily lives, not just in how they earned a living or how the things they used were made. Many of these changes were due to the spread of the transport and communication technologies mentioned above.

His performance earned him a mild reprimand from the Boston Symphony Orchestra's general manager, who pointed out that the orchestra "must authorise any performance outside the orchestra". The daughter of a member of the orchestra's board of trustees, who had attended the concert, apparently gave the third drummer, who was added at the last minute, away.