life's work
Example Sentences
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He added that it has become his life's work to restore the rainforest and to showcase what could be and what once was.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Others, like Imad Bazzi from Bint Jbeil, spoke to AFP about the loss of their life's work.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
He confided that he had “put my life’s work into this massive document” but had received feedback in recent days to “Cut it down, Gorka!”
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
When confronted with the possibility that his daughter, who had gravitated toward his life’s work as a child, might walk away, Ned’s facade began to crack.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
It wasn’t long before Jim decided that he wanted to make Farmer’s preferential option for the poor his own life’s work.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
