How to Use life in a Sentence

life

1 of 2 noun
Definition of lifenext
Synonyms for lifenext
  • 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
  • To think about not having them…my life would have been over.
    — Stephen Corby As Told To Jason Silverstein, Men's Health, 19 May 2022
  • Told their staffers that their dead bills would, in this space, get one more gasp of life.
    — Dallas News, 5 July 2019
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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
  • The man was taken to an area hospital and his injuries are non-life threatening.
    — Phillip Jackson, baltimoresun.com, 8 May 2021
  • Police said he was treated for a non-life-threatening injury and no one else was hurt.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Dec. 2020

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