How to Use hand-to-mouth in a Sentence

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• That easy access can lead to more nicotine use and reinforce the hand-to-mouth habit, according to the expert.
  — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
• Ever since then, the Ekdals have lived hand-to-mouth, bolstered by Håkon’s charity.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2025
• The film is not blind to how easily big dreams can be derailed, especially for the hand-to-mouth creative class in a Midwestern outpost.
  — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
• Drop Shots 💰 How match-fixers prey on tennis players living a hand-to-mouth existence lower down the sport’s rankings.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 4 June 2026
• While their musician patriarch is on the road, the eldest sibling has become the clear-eyed voice of discipline in the household who struggles with the strain of their hand-to-mouth life.
  — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2025
• Behavioral habits, including hand-to-mouth motion, inhalation and smoking rituals may also contribute to why quitting is difficult for many smokers.
  — Victoria Forster, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
• In leading the study, Rogers tested 30 braiding hair products across human, plant-based, and synthetic categories, including brands people specifically asked him to evaluate, like Gyal and Rebundle, using a hand-to-mouth risk assessment.
  — Essence, 1 Apr. 2026
• At the start of The Big Fake, a Netflix dramatization of one criminal’s involvement in the most tumultuous events in post-war Italy, Toni Chichiarelli (Pietro Castellitto) is a talented painter living hand-to-mouth as a portrait artist on the streets of Rome.
  — Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Jan. 2026