How to Use lifetime in a Sentence

lifetime

noun

• It would have taken me a lifetime to read all those books.
• Childhood seems a lifetime ago now!
• Now, bust out your tent and get ready for the show of a lifetime!
  — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 11 July 2023
• There is no world or lifetime that doesn’t have you in it.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
• And that was kind of going to be the metaphor of eclipse, [that] their chance in this lifetime had been erased.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• For Johnson, the last of those seasons came in 1991, more than half a lifetime ago.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 4 June 2023
• But none of the gloves that Woolf wore in her lifetime are thought to exist today.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• What should have been a time of reform led to a lifetime of trauma.
  — Adriana Diaz, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2023
• Not just for his work on the March, but for a lifetime spent fighting for justice.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023
• The kid turned out to be a great asset to the department and would become a lifetime friend.
  — Corky Carroll, Orange County Register, 12 Apr. 2024
• Here’s to a lifetime of Father’s Days and some that may even allow you more sleep.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
• Here's what to know about the 23-year-old singer with the opportunity of a lifetime.
  — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2023
• Planning to make a few more decent films in my lifetime.
  — Vulture, 15 Aug. 2023
• After a lifetime of making out like bandits, the rich have to make do.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
• The Orioles haven’t appeared in a Fall Classic in her lifetime.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
• After a lifetime spent on the sandy shores, Daisy died of old age on October 15.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2023
• In 2008, she was given a lifetime achievement award by the Latin Grammys.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
• Well, twice in a lifetime for her — the total solar eclipse on Monday.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
• No one deserves it more … for a lifetime of brilliant work.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
• These can last what feels like a lifetime as these lace-up combat boots never go out of style.
  — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
• He was also honored with the ASC’s lifetime achievement award in 1998.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
• Crocodiles can grow up to 3,000 teeth in their lifetime.
  — Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
• Of all of the people you were meant to meet and love in this lifetime, only a small percentage of them have arrived.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2023
• Maybe make a dent in our list of 50 classic books everyone should read in their lifetime.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 July 2023
• The Clever Girl carries a lifetime warranty and comes in under $100.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
• It’s really felt like the adventure of a lifetime this past year.
  — Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
• This is a deep passion built over a lifetime of social activism.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2023
• This has been performing well for us for a couple of years now and comes with a lifetime warranty.
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023
• Electric cars are now cheaper than gas or diesel over their lifetime and will soon be just as cheap to buy upfront.
  — WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
• One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.
  — Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024