live through

phrasal verb

lived through; living through; lives through

1

: to survive (an experience, a troubling time, etc.) : to endure

If I can live through this, I can live through anything.

2

US, sometimes disapproving : to enjoy the experiences and achievements of (another person) instead of one's own experiences and achievements

She can't live through her daughter.

Examples of live through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The participants were born between 1880 and 1957, and some of them lived through several wars and periods of social upheaval in Finland that could have impacted both their health and their opportunities to have children. —K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026

Both grew up in the neighborhood and have lived through MacArthur Park’s travails. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026

Our children provide us with a means of self-transcendence, the widest avenue open to us of living through time, not merely in time. —Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026

And while the comparison may feel ridiculous to anyone who actually lived through 2016 as an adult and can remember the stresses and anxieties of that particular time, there is something going on here, with economics at its core. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for live through

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue