life story

noun

: the things that have happened to someone in life

a life story that includes a childhood of extreme poverty

She told us her life story.

Examples of life story in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The 29-year-old reality star and deaf advocate, who became the first woman in Bachelor Nation history to use a cochlear implant, is recounting her life story in the pages of her new memoir, The Deaf Girl: A Memoir of Hearing Loss, Hope, and Fighting Against the Odds, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal. —

Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024 The film is billed as a political thriller and psychological portrait of the Russian president viewing Putin’s life story as the rise of the ultimate gangster. —

Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024 Hanna’s new memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, out May 14, applies that same caustic, introspective, politically astute, and often mischievously playful voice to the ups and downs of her own life story. —

TIME, 7 May 2024 Whether an artist is using creative work to narrate their life story or to transcend their circumstances, making art is a deeply assertive act. —

Jonathan Griffin, New York Times, 7 May 2024 Alicia Keys has learned a lot watching her life story back in Broadway's Hell's Kitchen. —

Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 12 May 2024 His other credits include Kingdom, Hitman’s Wife’s, Bodyguard and Lamborghini, based on the life story of Lamborghini founder Ferruccio Lamborghini. —

Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024 The contents of the suitcase, more or less, told Emil Hess’s life story. —

Rick Rojas, New York Times, 9 May 2024 Chef-owner Erin French's life story, a tale of hardship resolved, has made the Lost Kitchen into something like the Wild of the restaurant world—a runaway best seller about female grit. —

Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024

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