live in the past

Example Sentences

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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

"I've always been looking to the future. I don't live in the past."

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2023

But on the other hand, I don’t want to live in the past.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022

The Phillies, though, don’t want to live in the past.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

I live in the past and believe that Cindy Crawford is by far the best supermodel.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak