How to Use livelihood in a Sentence

livelihood

noun

• Many fishermen believe that the new regulations threaten their livelihoods.
• Their livelihoods were at risk.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
• Jen Williams’s hands are slight yet mighty, her gift and livelihood.
  — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2021
• Bowes’s small farm has been her livelihood and her lifelong dream.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
• Why risk their futures, their livelihoods and even their lives for wildlife?
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
• Not only have many of them lost their homes, but their very livelihoods as well.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
• Their livelihoods depend on it.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
• And my livelihood, my career is coming up with stuff.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
• And this is the livelihood of a lot of people (media) in this room as well.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2021
• In many places sewing can be a livelihood, whether in a factory job or at home.
  — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2021
• My daughter has a bed and breakfast, and that’s her livelihood.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
• Very, in the sense this woman has built her career and her livelihood on her own.
  — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 2 May 2023
• Suddenly, their livelihood is gone, and the screen goes black.
  — Erik Logan, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
• On the line, there are 30 people whose jobs and livelihood are at risk.
  — Hannah Bates, AJC.com, 20 Feb. 2026
• They are made to choose between their cargo, their livelihood, and souls adrift at sea.
  — Kenneth R. Rosen, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2022
• Trump’s patronage hires owe their livelihood to him.
  — Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
• For the people in the seats, the actors on stage, and for the livelihood of a small town.
  — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
• But their livelihood was far from guaranteed.
  — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 23 Mar. 2026
• And whether their own livelihood and sense of security is worth such a risk.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
• Investment in one facet of livelihood comes at the cost of others.
  — Eric M. Keen, Scientific American, 31 July 2020
• Smith has been able to reclaim his livelihood with the Cowboys.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2021
• For those who rely on snow for their livelihoods, every ski season is a nail-biter.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
• Work gives us livelihoods, structure, and purpose.
  — Jane Marie Chen, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
• Braiding hair has been Mabrie’s livelihood for more than 40 years.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2022
• The sellers were the most afraid, afraid that eBay would cut off their livelihood or hurt them in some way.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
• For those who rely on that water for their livelihood, the drought is a very real and dire threat.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2021
• But Wright said those funds need to come quickly because his livelihood is on the line.
  — Marissa Armas, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
• These are secondary to the main livelihood of livestock grazing.
  — Christine Ro, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• Protecting our livelihood, guns and the unborn from the left.
  — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2022
• The mandates will test how far workers will go when their livelihood, or any income, is on the line.
  — Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2021