How to Use live by in a Sentence

live by

phrasal verb
  • This doesn’t apply just to folks who get to live by the ocean.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • So, this is also a part of that idea of he who lives by the sword dies by the sword.
    CBS News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • But what about the people who must live by these plants?
    Yessenia Funes, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
  • That's the motto scout leader Evan Gilder tries to live by.
    Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC News, 23 July 2024
  • When the big day came, the care team watched the delivery live by camera.
    USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • But this aesthetic isn’t just for those who live by the beach.
    Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2024
  • However, a good rule to live by is to wash your sweats on cold and hang them to dry.
    Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Other Areas of the Home Beyond the rules of the house Mindy's got her own a decor style and a mantra to live by (sort of).
    Christine Lennon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2023
  • How to watch live stream online: The game will be streamed live by Oregon State.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2023
  • And because there is a moral logic to that, the apartment dwellers do more than live by it.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The game will be streamed live by iPost Sports and will be available there for the following two months.
    Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024
  • The saint part is the gift the creatives give us: a song to live by, a book to change the world, an innovation that changes lives.
    Amity Shlaes, National Review, 8 Dec. 2023
  • But humans have likely lived by some version of the clock for a very long time.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2023
  • She’s strived to live by that motto ever since his death.
    Valentina Valentini, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Evan Phillips would have been pitching in his fifth game in the past eight days – a red flag on the bullpen usage chart the Dodgers live by.
    Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 30 Apr. 2024
  • New users of Paramount+ can stream the game live by signing up for a seven-day trial.
    Reece Rogers, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The trial, streamed live by Court TV, is expected to last through March 6.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Our allegiance was not to Donald Trump that day, but to God and living by the word of God.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Whether on the field or at home with his girls, Coach Taylor was always full of advice and words to live by.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 5 July 2023
  • A couple of these teams could be fighting for their playoff lives by this point.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
  • Putin started his war to change the world order and force everyone else to live by his rules.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The program will be broadcast live by Amazon Prime Video.
    Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 11 May 2023
  • The lovers live by their principles and suffer tragedy as a result.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 July 2024
  • Carson, who has lived by the lake since 1965, got his title conferred to him by friends and townsfolk.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2024
  • But to paraphrase the Gospel, a Lower East Side delicatessen does not live by bread alone.
    New York Times, 18 June 2024
  • There are gift sets for the person who lives by their skin care routine, and cult-favorite hair care from brands like Olaplex.
    Malia Griggs, SELF, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The first is thought, by some, to mark the birth of modernism; the second, played live by Brent Griffin Jr. and cronies, ushered in a sub-genre now called free jazz.
    Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2024
  • Public company CFOs live by their stock prices—and die by them too.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • This is one of those life lessons to live by: Stay smart, stay strategic, and always keep your wealth, health, and happiness in balance.
    Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • His subjects lived by a strict regimen of fasting, church, and military drills.
    Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024

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