How to Use live-in in a Sentence

live-in

1 of 2 adjective

• White, then 18, helped the family as a live-in babysitter and paid $20 a month in rent.
  — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
• Burda was a live-in handyman at Day’s home in Phoenix, OR.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 11 July 2024
• Fuentes was the live-in boyfriend of the child's mother, and the girl was under age 10 at the time of the rape, prosecutors said.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 5 July 2023
• Dear Amy: My live-in boyfriend is a low-level pot dealer.
  — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2023
• Felony Carl is his live-in boyfriend, who is a human man and not another Glob.
  — Vulture, 2 June 2023
• The live-in tree stump features a studio layout with two beds and one bathroom.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
• Banfield's charging in the case comes months after the family's 24-year-old live-in au pair was charged in the case.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2024
• Foster can’t cut his food or get out of bed without help from his live-in sister.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
• The oldest male in the United States was a man of many appetites, even at 110, and his live-in caretaker did her best to feed them.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
• Davis and Glen Griffin of Houston, Texas, say having a live-in au pair to care for their three children has been a lifesaver.
  — Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2024
• Koch's live-in boyfriend, Joel Manke, 38, is charged with chronic neglect of a child and false imprisonment.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2023
• Westcott’s live-in girlfriend at the time of the sale also testified Thursday.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
• The new code remains silent on the question of live-in relationships that are not between men and women.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• Has the live-in girlfriend been someone who was really good to or generous with your kids?
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
• Advice Dear Amy: A year ago, my mother-in-law’s live-in companion died by suicide.
  — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
• Each of those includes a two-car garage and additional living space, likely for guests or live-in staff.
  — James McClain, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
• Smith was convicted in 2000 for murder in the shooting death of his live-in girlfriend, LaKendra Kirkland, in Dothan.
  — Amy Yurkanin | [e-mail], al, 6 June 2023
• The child’s mother called police just before 2:30 a.m. and said her live-in boyfriend had shot her son, Santa Clara police said Tuesday evening.
  — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
• At the time, many young female immigrants worked as live-in maids for wealthy families uptown.
  — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 14 Jan. 2024
• On the show, Tony is an ex-baseball player and widower who moves with Samantha to Brooklyn to take a job as a live-in housekeeper.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
• His mom was a live-in domestic worker for a family of teachers.
  — Caterina Morbiato, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2023
• These lofty promises, coupled with her charisma, won her a healthy online following and up to 20 live-in acolytes who became members of the group, Love Has Won.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
• There’s a family kitchen as well as a discrete chef’s kitchen for catering purposes or for a live-in chef to prepare daily meals.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
• Our long term live-in superintendent of a 50-unit co-op is retiring.
  — Andy Newman, New York Times, 3 June 2023
• Her father moved into a nursing home years ago, but her now-deceased mother remained in her own home, albeit with live-in care.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 8 July 2024
• Their existence was dreary, and included a live-in babysitter in at one point, a one-bedroom apartment.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
• There’s also a smaller sixth bedroom, perfect for live-in staff, like a nanny, or visitors.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2023
• Tracy Chen, 36, a lawyer in Shenzhen who recently got married, said the subsidy would barely cover one month of a live-in nanny.
  — Zixu Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
• This space would be ideal for a live-in staff member, or for an extended family member, guests or as a deluxe work-from-home office space.
  — James McClain, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
• The Emily Post Institute recommends a gift from your family or one week’s pay for a daily or live-in babysitter or au pair.
  — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 21 July 2024

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live in

2 of 2 verb

• Martha’s sister lives in the unit in the back of the house.
  — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• The boyfriend was the owner of the Chrysler 300 and lived in that apartment building.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2024
• Campos has lived in the Franklin area – about 20 miles south of Nashville – for the past 20 years.
  — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 12 July 2023
• With his wife, McCourt lived in the same apartment in New York for 59 years.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
• The new species lives in the deep sea and is able to glow, but very little is known about its lifestyle.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 June 2024
• Should people who live in these high risk flood zones just move?
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• Shvets has lived in Kyiv since moving there from Kharkiv, two decades ago.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
• The teenager lives in Brooklyn and is a high school student.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
• Those that live in Zone 2 can use decoys from April 11 until the end of the season May 8.
  — Cole Sikes Communications and Marketing Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 23 Mar. 2023
• The last Peck descendant to live in the home was Alyce Mertz, who lived there until her death in 1991.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
• Both of us had lived in New York City apartments for nearly 25 years.
  — Various Staff Writers, Special Correspondents, and Special Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
• Although his roots are in Phillips County, Helm lived in Springdale in the 1980s.
  — Bill Bowden, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
• The place to splurge is on hero pieces like a suede blazer or a chic pair of pants that will live in your closet for years.
  — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
• The girl lived in the San Diego County city of Vista, according to the coroner’s report.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
• For the past two decades, Frank has worked with a researcher named Mimi Munson, who lives in Maine.
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• The study gave out monthly checks to people between the ages of 21 and 40 living in Texas and Illinois.
  — Oshan Jarow, Vox, 22 July 2024
• Also one of the few A’s players to live in downtown Oakland during his time with the team.
  — Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
• Her husband is on the front line, and Vova is an only child, so Kucherenko lives in their small, tidy house alone.
  — Claire Harbage, NPR, 22 May 2024
• What if those living in tents had housing and their basic needs met?
  — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2024
• Many fans have been curious if the couple, along with their five children, still live in the 1,700-square-foot house.
  — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 6 Aug. 2023
• Someday, that won’t be the case, and public chargers will have to fill in the gaps for people who live in apartments or park on the street.
  — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
• Aparicio played Cleo, a maid living in Mexico City in the 1970s.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
• Klein the writer might be willing to live in that ambiguous space for a time; Klein the activist will not stay there.
  — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• Many of the campaigners lived in the east London neighborhoods along its route.
  — Jack Guy, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
• Some of the species identified in the tracks do not live in the area today, because present conditions are too dry for them.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
• Watch Trump's remarks live in Traverse City tonight here and come back to freep.com for further coverage of the speech.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
• Bryan Specht, a 25-year-old beekeeper who lives in Colerain, also hopped on board to help.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 26 June 2024
• In 1995, Wilson married Melinda, and the pair adopted five children, some of whom still live in the household.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Feb. 2024
• Those who live in Chicago and want to vote by mail can do so by applying online or using the mail-in form.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
• But now, more people are choosing to live in smaller cities and suburban areas.
  — Johan Hajji, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024