set for life
Example Sentences
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“That’s the most frustrating part because people think, ‘Oh, he got the money, he’s set for life, he don’t care,’” Wall recently told the Washington Post.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
“You should have had enough money to be set for life, but you don’t.”
From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2023
“There are some directors who make a film, and they are set for life; that’s not my case,” Mr. Ichaso said in a 2007 interview with The Times.
From New York Times • May 23, 2023
Almost 700 years ago, Jacob van Maerlant, a Dutch poet, envisioned a fish all set for life on land: It had sprouted arms to hoist itself ashore.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 10, 2021
"I thought you were set for life," continued the Duke slowly.
From Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs by Ollivant, Alfred
