1
: a person sentenced to imprisonment for life
2
: a person who makes a career of one of the armed forces
3
: a person who has made a lifelong commitment (as to a way of life)
Examples of lifer in a Sentence
He was a lifer at the factory.
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And center Keba Keita (nine rebounds, four blocks) and Traore kept VCU at bay in the second half with dirty-work effort on the glass, despite the red-hot efforts of Rams lifer Zeb Jackson, who led VCU with 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting.
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Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
Van lifer Petito went missing in 2021 with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, and the three-part series explores Laundrie’s role in the disappearance as well as the story from Petito’s family and friends.
—Peter White, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
Belonging to no one exactly, of debatable worth, and kept company by a neighborhood lifer and his detritus: perhaps a fitting end for the bust that ignited a fight over the soul of downtown.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
And the neighbors have evolved into a hearty mix of young parents, middle-aged artists and eccentrics, blue-collar lifers, and comfortable retirees.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
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Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
Van lifer Petito went missing in 2021 with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, and the three-part series explores Laundrie’s role in the disappearance as well as the story from Petito’s family and friends.
—Peter White, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
Belonging to no one exactly, of debatable worth, and kept company by a neighborhood lifer and his detritus: perhaps a fitting end for the bust that ignited a fight over the soul of downtown.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
And the neighbors have evolved into a hearty mix of young parents, middle-aged artists and eccentrics, blue-collar lifers, and comfortable retirees.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lifer
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifer. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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