How to Use breadwinner in a Sentence

breadwinner

noun

• Her husband has a good job and is the main breadwinner.
  — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2022
• For a time, Ramírez’s father was the sole breadwinner so her mother could stay home to take care of the kids.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2022
• For years before the story broke, Stormy had been the breadwinner.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
• Or maybe their child's the breadwinner for the family -- who knows?
  — Stephanie Merry, chicagotribune.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• With breadwinner dad on board, wives and children got a price break.
  — Bob Greene, WSJ, 10 May 2022
• In these states, almost half of men believe that men should be the breadwinner while women tend to the home.
  — Rosemary Wardley, National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2020
• Without Jerry as the breadwinner, Sharon Vulich plans to sell at least some of the farm and live off the proceeds, the lawsuit said.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2020
• But that percentage falls by half for the spouses of the breadwinner.
  — Janna Herron, USA TODAY, 28 June 2019
• Thousands of miles apart, Araceli was the main breadwinner for her son, but Daniel had to learn how to grow up without her.
  — Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2024
• One woman is now a breadwinner married to a stay-at-home dad.
  — Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
• Some 25 women in the co-op are the sole breadwinners for their families.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
• What does the economy look like for a Black breadwinner mom?
  — Katica Roy, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2020
• Whether it’s you or your spouse, the breadwinner isn’t the only one who may need life insurance.
  — Erik Carter, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• Men are no longer the sole breadwinners, as working moms became more of the rule than the exception.
  — Vinny Vella, Courant Community, 9 May 2017
• One man is accepting his wife’s new role as the breadwinner with open arms.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024
• Wilhelm became the breadwinner of the family, dropping out of school at the age of 10.
  — Scott Eyman, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2017
• With the proceeds from the sales of the doll pattern, King’s gone from from stay-at-home mom with an Etsy shop on the side to the primary breadwinner.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 26 Jan. 2021
• That’s still a lot of money to a family with just one breadwinner.
  — AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2020
• She was trained as a nurse, was an active member of her church and the breadwinner for her family of six.
  — Joseph Diaz, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2022
• Kitty was the sole breadwinner in her household for more than a season.
  — Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023
• The glitch occurs when a breadwinner gets coverage from work but cannot afford to add a spouse and kids.
  — oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2022
• During these years, Maryam was the breadwinner for her children.
  — Time, 19 Jan. 2023
• Put this way, in 85% of couples 50 years ago, the husband was the primary breadwinner.
  — USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
• That’s the case for only 12% of men who are their families’ main breadwinners.
  — Vanessa Fuhrmans, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2017
• Many were family breadwinners, putting their own lives on the line to help others back home.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
• Her dad has not been able to work full-time due to his lack of mobility, so Deisi has become the main breadwinner for the two of them.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 30 Nov. 2019
• The virus killed her stepfather, who was the household’s main breadwinner.
  — Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
• The Morgans credit their husbands as the breadwinners and heads of household.
  — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• The series looks at the pressure young LDS women face to be model wives and mothers, while in many cases serving as their family’s breadwinners and opening up about their lives on social media.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
• This move aligned with what many US families looked like thirty years ago, where in married, heterosexual households, a male partner was generally the breadwinner.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 6 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024