Example Sentences

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“This tour is about what comes after. Freedom isn’t just leaving something behind—it’s discovering that what you have lived through has made you magnificently who you are.”

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

The fossils also appear in three different size ranges, suggesting several species may have lived together in microbial communities.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

Parents who have lived through similar nightmares may also discover “companionship and meaning” in the knowledge that others have similarly wrestled with devastation—and continued.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The Thunder have lived up to their championship billing; they were the only team to sweep their first-round playoff series.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

And we forget that other people, who have lived their own lives, have not gone through our idiosyncratic histories of abstractification.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker