life story
noun
: the things that have happened to someone in life
a life story that includes a childhood of extreme poverty
She told us her life story.
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At vigils since the shooting, snippets of Pepe’s life story have emerged from conversations with some of his family members.
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Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Only his near contemporary, the American modernist poet Wallace Stevens (who survived into old age), who weirdly enough also was a lawyer for an insurance company, rivals Kafka in terms of the inverse proportion of literary originality and canonical significance to dullness of life story.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
In one of their earliest conversations, Safdie told Kerr his entire life story in order to address how intense and uncomfortable the project could be for Kerr.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Corben’s film re-examine’s Deen’s life story, as well as the scandal that tarnished her reputation.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Only his near contemporary, the American modernist poet Wallace Stevens (who survived into old age), who weirdly enough also was a lawyer for an insurance company, rivals Kafka in terms of the inverse proportion of literary originality and canonical significance to dullness of life story.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
In one of their earliest conversations, Safdie told Kerr his entire life story in order to address how intense and uncomfortable the project could be for Kerr.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Corben’s film re-examine’s Deen’s life story, as well as the scandal that tarnished her reputation.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for life story
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“Life story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20story. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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