lives
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Burke lives with her husband in Charlottesville, Va.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
In Durban, foreigners have been camping outside the city's home affairs department for several weeks, saying they fear for their lives.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
If they grab ahold with both hands, their lives will never be the same.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
That comparison might sound hyperbolic since Vietnam was a 20-year meat-grinder of a war that cost the lives of more than 50,000 Americans and something like 3.5 million Vietnamese, both troops and civilians.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
I was angry back at her, hysterical almost, saying all manner of things I should not have said, about Papi going off and leaving us, about how parents always ruin the lives of their children.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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