LIFE in a Sentence

Learn LIFE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

404 example sentences for LIFE, such as:

1. In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
2. Most of us, however, take life for granted.
3. Their approach to life is refreshingly naive.
4. Best wishes on a long and happy life together.
5. How do we treat the life, the life how we treat.

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 Meanings and Examples of LIFE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
life
 n.  the period between birth and death, or the experience of being alive
 n.  animation and energy in action or expression
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  The arrival of the Arabian now infused new life into his soul.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
2  The life of my father is in the greatest danger, owing to the dreadful circumstance that I have related.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
3  For some weeks I led a miserable life in the woods, endeavouring to cure the wound which I had received.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
4  But he found that a traveller's life is one that includes much pain amidst its enjoyments.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
5  This letter in a degree recalled me to life, and I determined to quit my island at the expiration of two days.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
6  They put it into a bed and rubbed it, and Daniel went to the town for an apothecary, but life was quite gone.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
7  Chase away your idle fears; to you alone do I consecrate my life and my endeavours for contentment.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
8  Those were the last moments of my life during which I enjoyed the feeling of happiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
9  My life, as it passed thus, was indeed hateful to me, and it was during sleep alone that I could taste joy.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
10  I would reconcile him to life, but he repulses the idea.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
11  He endeavours to fill me with hope and talks as if life were a possession which he valued.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
12  It was long before he was restored, and I often thought that life was entirely extinct.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
13  I have no ambition to lose my life on the post-road between St. Petersburgh and Archangel.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 1
14  "Well, I'm going to tell you something about my life," he interrupted.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
15  "And Daisy ought to have something in her life," murmured Jordan to me.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  Their approach to life is refreshingly naive.
17  Since childhood, her life has revolved around tennis.
18  In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
19  Most of us, however, take life for granted.
20  The author portrays life in a refugee camp very vividly.
21  The author paints a stark picture of life in a prison camp.
22  He gave a vivid account of his life as a fighter pilot.
23  Best wishes on a long and happy life together.
24  May you two share every day of life together till forever.
25  His addiction to drugs propelled him toward a life of crime.
26  I could see no sign of life in the deserted town.
27  The tribe's traditional way of life is under threat.
28  The traditional way of life has all but disappeared.
29  His early training predisposed him to a life of adventure.
30  How do we treat the life, the life how we treat.