leading a life

Example Sentences

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On the surface, it is a love story between Hal and Madge, but underneath it’s a meditation on class, yearning, broken dreams, and the nearly insurmountable obstacles to leading a life of meaning and purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

It has been a rapid rise for Nunez and he finds himself leading a life that would have been completely unrecognisable to the boy who looked at older brother Junior as his hero.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2022

York was a paraplegic since 1988 but his disability didn’t stop him from leading a life of positivity while inspiring those around him with his outgoing and uplifting approach to life.

From Fox News • May 24, 2021

I tried to explain that I wasn’t leading a life that allowed for furniture.

From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2021

He knew he was leading a life of indolence, for were not music, books, flowers, and a few verses now and then, merely vanities and a waste of time?

From The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico by Fogazzaro, Antonio