How to Use life in a Sentence

life

1 of 2 noun

• He is nearing the end of his life.
• I've known her all my life.
• She was happy and healthy for most of her life.
• The people in her family tend to have long lives.
• What do you really want out of life?
• People can expect to change jobs several times in their life.
• He believes that God gives life to all creatures.
• All this paperwork has made life much more difficult.
• They've been waiting their whole life for an opportunity like this.
• The details of everyday life can be fascinating.
• And then — screech!— life slams the breaks on all of this.
  — Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2020
• But that’s the game of game design—and, maybe, of life.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
• For von Boehm, life is not just about the glitz and the glamour.
  — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 31 Mar. 2022
• Your brain is telling the rest of your body that life is good.
  — Harvey MacKay, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2022
• Doubtless, that is one of the worst days of their lives.
  — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Jan. 2019
• Arne had been with the club all his life and was very loved.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2023
• Get ready to hear about a prince's life — in his own words.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 19 July 2021
• Crosland spent 34 years — more than half his life — in prison for the crime.
  — Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2021
• To me, these songs are like scenes from a film that is my life.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2023
• So while life brims around the edges, there is only death at the core.
  — Wired, 3 Aug. 2019
• When the storms of life hit, make sure Jesus is in your boat.
  — The Rev. Mike Taylor, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 June 2021
• The through line of it is that life is hard, but music heals.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 2 Mar. 2023
• For the most part, Frank was tuned out of his daughter's life.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• The deal included a 19% pay raise over the life of the contract.
  — CBS News, 9 Oct. 2023
• More:Can spending more time in the sauna save your life?
  — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022
• It’s about the creeks, about pecan trees, just little stuff in life.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2021
• His voice and music has been there for me my whole life.
  — Erin Davis and Nadeem Muaddi, CNN, 20 July 2019
• Live your truth and the people in your life will figure it out.
  — New York Times, 29 July 2022
• The man charged with the murder of a 6-year-old girl in Tucson was on Wednesday sentenced to life in prison with no parole.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
• In an early scene, Lee shoves her out of harm’s way, probably saving her life, and Jessie beams gratefully.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024

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life

2 of 2 adjective

• He was given a life sentence in prison.
• In January 2016, the biggest pro-life event of the year was a bust.
  — Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 5 May 2022
• The public face of the pro-life movement looks at the moment loony and vicious.
  — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
• Well, first of all, this is a day that those in the pro-life movement have worked for for over 40 years.
  — NBC News, 26 June 2022
• These scenes have led some critics to argue the film is pro-life.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 29 Sep. 2022
• The filmmakers asked if her pro-life turn had been an act.
  — Marin Cogan, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2021
• This year’s March for Life comes as the pro-life movement appears to be at a crossroads.
  — Michelle Boorstein, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2021
• All of this contributed to something of a mid-life crisis for the agency, which was once the darling of the world, in the 2010s.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2022
• Barrett is a staunch Catholic and widely believed to be pro-life.
  — Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2020
• The metaphor for a person who’s been deadened by his own guilt is counting cards—it’s a non-life.
  — Michael Schulma, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
• The stab wounds were described as non-life threatening.
  — Robert Gearty, Fox News, 4 July 2020
• The other man went to the hospital with non-life threatening wounds.
  — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 8 Dec. 2020
• Webster ended up being a rare win for the pro-life movement.
  — Andy Puzder, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2021
• The current-day pro-life movement in Texas has approached the ban in different ways.
  — Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2021
• The other two men were hit once and have non-life threatening injuries, Det.
  — Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2022
• Officials said that the woman was shot in the leg and has non-life threatening injuries.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2023
• The injuries are non-life threatening, the fire department said.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 16 June 2022
• For a half century, the pro-life movement has been making the case for the humanity of the unborn child.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 27 June 2022
• Announcing a new book equipping readers for the next chapter of the pro-life movement.
  — Alexandra Desanctis, National Review, 17 Jan. 2022
• The drivers did not have non-life threatening injuries.
  — Lydia Gerike, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2020
• All five of the victims suffered injuries that have been deemed non-life threatening.
  — Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 18 June 2022
• The driver of the car was taken to the hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
  — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022
• Both their injuries were non-life-threatening, the agency added.
  — Cristóbal Reyes, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Feb. 2022
• O’Connor’s confirmation set a template that would haunt the pro-life movement for decades.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2022
• The man was brought to a hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds in his arm and leg, police said.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2022
• Deputies said the victim’s injury was non-life threatening.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2021
• The man has non-life threatening injuries, police said.
  — Phillip Jackson, baltimoresun.com, 16 July 2021
• The teen suffered non-life threatening injuries, deputies said.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2020
• Three of the six people aboard the train were later treated for non-life threatening injuries, according to CSX.
  — Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• April Kiser, a spokesperson for the Jacksonville police, said officers were investigating a shooting that left one victim with non-life threatening injuries.
  — Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 22 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024