How to Use for dear life in a Sentence

for dear life

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• To hang on for dear life, or, in church parlance, to endure to the end.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 May 2022
• The song has to be so good that it gets passed around and people hold on to it for dear life.
  — David Marchese David Marchese, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2022
• The hiker was about 50 to 60 feet below the trail — hanging on for dear life, the video shows.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
• The Browns blitzed the Titans to the tune of a 38-7 halftime lead before hanging on for dear life to win the game.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2022
• Yet they have been forced to grab the hind legs of the CFP cash cow and hold on, together, for dear life.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
• One of the rallying cries the retail traders used was HODL: hold on for dear life.
  — Rebecca Angelo, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• Pratt scooped it off the ground and held on for dear life as he was swarmed by white and orange jerseys.
  — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2022
• And yes, plenty of laughs were had as Driver held on for dear life at one point.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2023
• In the end, the Wildcats had to hold on for dear life to avoid the visitors forcing overtime.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2023
• But the Brewers wound up holding on for dear life, an 8-7 win that ended with the tying run on base.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2022
• The poor little fellow—trying to keep his head on his shoulders—holds on for dear life to his knees.
  — Lance Esplund, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2023
• On life support Here are some bills that are hanging on for dear life and unlikely to pass.
  — Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
• With the rising cost of housing – and employment – Harlem is hanging on for dear life.
  — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Feb. 2024
• Later UConn got its only win over Yale, hanging on for dear life.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Sep. 2022
• Colson Baker whispers to the kitten clutching his chest for dear life.
  — Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2022
• The golden age of butchery was brought to an end by the rise of the supermarket, and butchers’ shops have been clinging on for dear life ever since.
  — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
• Even when he was being tackled, Milroe looked to be wrapping up the ball for dear life, avoiding the fumbles that were an issue in 2022.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2023
• Still, the Pacers held on for dear life and just barely survived behind point guard Tyrese Haliburton.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2022
• The finale of the match comes down to the single, spellbinding move that gives the film its title: one hand, five curved fingers clutching the crown of the opponent’s head as though for dear life.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
• Throw away your pumpkin spice lattes because Salma Hayek Pinault is holding on to summer for dear life.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 31 Aug. 2023
• Spieth, who won this event in 2017, was mixture of birdies and bogeys, and then had to hang on for dear life over the final hour when temperatures plunged and the wind began whipping.
  — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
• His team concocted an idea where Tyler would walk vertically up a cliff wall, hang on to a ledge for dear life, then be blown across (and off) the stage by a simulated wind gust.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
• Shiny spoons, brightly colored jigs and yarn, streamers, salmon roe and tuna balls can entice the occasional strike, and then anglers must hang on for dear life.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Safiya’s mother, while loyal to her father, nonetheless gave Safiya and her siblings the gift of books, including poetry, to which Safiya latched on for dear life.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
• Safiya’s mother, while loyal to her father, nonetheless gave Safiya and her siblings the gift of books, including poetry, to which Safiya latched on for dear life.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
• The characters, at the service of an increasingly convoluted plot, must hang on for dear life.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2022
• The role of young lobby boy Zero often requires Revolori — who was all of 17 years old at the time of filming — to simply hang on for dear life opposite Ralph Fiennes’s hurricane of a comedic lead turn.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 June 2023
• The other, even better, involves a train barreling out of control while Cruise, holding onto a motorcycle for dear life, plunges down toward the rogue choo-choo from a high, high cliff.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
• American immune systems are holding on to their memories for dear life, but American minds seem bent on forgetting the past years’ lessons.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2021
• Anyone’s muscles can feel a little cramped after an especially tense workday—maybe from being hunched over a laptop, glued to a rigid chair, standing for hours, or even squeezing a stress ball for dear life.
  — Erica Sweeney, SELF, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024