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
• Everybody has a job within the family business, so nobody likes to say one person’s the breadwinner or not … read through those lines.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
• Historically, households have been understood as gendered spaces where women are expected to care for the food and family and men are expected to be the earners and breadwinners.
  — Sara Radin, Architectural Digest, 5 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024