How to use "earned" in a sentence

Fantine earned less and less money from her sewing, and the Thenardiers demanded more and more money to look after Cosette

He gave up studying law and earned his living by working in a bookshop and helping to write dictionaries

You've earned your reward!'

You never earned many, but it was better than nothing - and a good way to exercise, and get out of your apartment.

It meant that she earned a regular salary, unlike Cham's parents, who were always worrying about money

You earned every penny you're gonna make out of this baby, just like I knew you would

If she needed to know how much money each of these people earned in a year, the computer could tell her

Willis Bruckster stared at them, then crumpled his game card with obvious disappointment and disgust, as if he had lost a few hard-earned dollars.

How I hated him! He forced me to stay here in this village, where they all talked about me but no one spoke to me! Finally, now, after all these years, I have earned their respect

But women earned half the money that was paid to men for the same jobs

In the USA in 2016, women earned about 82 cents for every dollar a man made.