How to Use lifetime in a Sentence

lifetime

noun

• It would have taken me a lifetime to read all those books.
• Childhood seems a lifetime ago now!
• It’s been the ride of a lifetime.
  — Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
• At least here in this lifetime.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 5 June 2026
• This seems new for my lifetime.
  — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
• The thing that took a lifetime to build.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 June 2026
• This is once-in-a-lifetime stuff.
  — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026
• Two lifetime seats have opened up.
  — Kathleen Hill, The Providence Journal, 11 Apr. 2026
• This is, like, a lifetime thing.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
• And your health goals can change over your lifetime.
  — Mara Gordon, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026
• To me, that’s my lifetime, right?
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
• This is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of place.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
• This show has been such a light and the gift of a lifetime.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
• Now, bust out your tent and get ready for the show of a lifetime!
  — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 11 July 2023
• Or is this a fluke, a once-in-a-lifetime group of young stars?
  — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
• We are all bound by this honor of a lifetime.
  — Kim Willis, USA Today, 11 May 2026
• This is a once-in-a-lifetime find, Dunn says.
  — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2026
• This is the role of a lifetime, on many levels.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
• How has the view of Dessalines changed since his lifetime?
  — Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
• One day turned into a decade, then a lifetime.
  — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
• Norvell sees this as a lifetime job, not a stepping stone.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
• Not for a four-year term, but for a lifetime or a career.
  — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 15 May 2026
• What if that doesn't happen in my lifetime?
  — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026
• This is not a lifetime achievement award.
  — Law Murray, New York Times, 18 May 2026
• But there’s a lifetime to account for.
  — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• But that doesn’t mean those who fall short of the mark are doomed to a lifetime of work.
  — Brian Baker Cfa, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
• That won’t take away from the lifetime achievement.
  — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2026
• The very short lifetime code, the sky's the limit in terms of speed.
  — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
• How has New York changed in your lifetime?
  — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
• This was one of the many once-in-a-lifetime moments for fans here.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026