How to Use live for in a Sentence

live for

verb

• Jacob lived for those phone calls.
  — Claudia Boyd-Barrett, CBS News, 18 June 2026
• Alas, the tree seldom lives for more than two decades or so.
  — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
• Sad lives lived for the sake of survival itself.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026
• Guthrie, 47, lives for those quaint moments.
  — Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
• Adult pantry moths only live for about four to seven weeks.
  — Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
• That moment has lived for decades on sports blooper reels.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
• Lore said users can push their concepts live for $10 a month.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 10 June 2026
• Adults only live for a couple of days, long enough to mate and lay eggs.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
• Some people might live for fashion, but what if your clothes lived for you?
  — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
• Something to live for, after all!
  — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 29 May 2026
• The messy middle, where most brands have lived for two decades, is not an option.
  — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
• Each week's giveaways are first come, first serve, and are live for one hour only.
  — Mike Snider, USA Today, 13 May 2026
• Davis had everything to live for at the time of his shock slaying.
  — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
• Literally live for her, live for her, live for her.
  — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
• Worker bees live for only a few weeks, while the queen can survive for years.
  — Richard Schiffman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
• In nature, these plants live for many years in the same spot with the same conditions.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026
• One of them is live for just one day, so be sure to put some pep in your step while shopping the sales online.
  — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 2 July 2026
• Adult female mayflies are said to only live for a as little as five minutes.
  — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 28 May 2026
• Cherished for their sweet fruit, figs can also live for more than 100 years.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 4 June 2026
• While some herbs wilt as the temperatures climb, others live for it.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
• Monstera plants can live for decades and don't need frequent watering.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
• If the feature isn’t live for you, check your Gmail settings to ensure it's turned on.
  — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026
• Servers lived for months and traffic followed human business hours.
  — Scott Harrell, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• Some varieties live for hundreds or thousands of years.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
• But her life wouldn’t have been half as electrifying as the one she’s been living for the past few months.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
• Americans spend a lot of time thinking about where to live for tax purposes.
  — Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• Chows can live for a decent length of time, too, anywhere from 8 to 12 years for this mid-size breed.
  — Katelyn Chef, Martha Stewart, 12 Apr. 2026
• And the kids, all six, turning up again and again in the everyday moments most parents live for.
  — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
• Some, like butterfly bush and peonies, can live for a long time, saving money and work in the long run.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026
• Devin Vassell said Brunson lives for clutch moments.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026