private life
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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About a week later, he was issuing a statement to say he would be quitting after the tournament adding that “there was too much circus” around his private life.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
The dark side of his personality took the lead in his private life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
And in her private life, the war has complicated her relationship with her father.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
Because there’s almost nothing in Doyle’s stories about Holmes’ early or private life, the pastiche-maker has a virtually blank canvas to work upon.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
His grandma’s precious clock, hanging over the mantelpiece, the pendulum swinging back and forth, back and forth, like it was getting on with its own, private life, not caring about Conor at all.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
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