live in the past
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
When the time comes, these words from Ms. Antonetta will merit consideration: “Programs of euthanasia and sterilization don’t just live in the past, terrible but finished. Their aftershocks are terrible and here.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
“If they want to live in the past, it doesn’t matter to me.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
Claire begrudgingly marries Jamie, a Highland warrior and the two fall in love, embarking on an epic romance with Claire choosing to live in the past to be with the man she loves.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023
"I've always been looking to the future. I don't live in the past."
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2023
I druther live in the past than dwell on that part of the future.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
