How to Use living in a Sentence

living

1 of 2 adjective
  • I was taught to respect all living things.
  • It was the first time I had ever seen a living, breathing bear in the wild.
  • He's one of our greatest living authors.
  • His aunt is his closest living relative.
  • Spousal benefits can only be paid on the record of a living spouse.
    Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • The Army will pay for the reinterment of the remains and the return of the deceased to the closest living relatives.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 4 June 2023
  • The species, all new to science, include those that are both living and extinct.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Darlene had to crawl into her living-room area and stay crouched because of the caving walls.
    AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The living descendants range in age from 1 year old to 85 years old, according to the researchers.
    NBC News, 14 July 2021
  • Some of the fossils found on Mars thus far could be made up of non-living processes, researchers say.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Hominins are any living or extinct species along the human branch after the LCA.
    Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2019
  • Housing is still the largest living expense for most retirees.
    Steve Vernon, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • Elephants are the largest living land animals on Earth.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Many shelf-type fungi appeared on both living and dead trees.
    Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The artist — not just any artist but perhaps America’s most famous living artist — wrote to the teenager this April.
    Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
  • There is no human being on earth that has murdered more living things than the Caucasian.
    Fox News, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The oral version contains the live poliovirus, while the shot, administered in the leg or arm, has various non-living parts of the virus in it.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022
  • People who study this sort of thing for a living differ on how fans can affect games and who, in fact, is affected the most.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Context is key for signs of life—scientists must be able to rule out non-living sources of the same life-like chemicals.
    Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The finished basement offers even more living space with a large rec room with bar, plus a home office and a laundry room.
    cleveland, 23 Apr. 2021
  • These workers may find a preferable price in co-living spaces.
    Steve Satoru Naito, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • This was the first college football game played at SoFi Stadium and the first bowl to be named after a living figure.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Whales, redwood trees, and elephants are not the largest living organism.
    Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Guides will sometimes be stuck for a week or more living, eating and working on the river alongside clients.
    Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The lower level adds more living space with a rec room with wet bar, plus a workout area, bedroom and full bathroom.
    cleveland, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Shop for handcrafted gifts made by people from around the world who are trying to break the cycle of poverty, and earn a fair and living wage for their craft.
    Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • But textiles are the unsung heroes of most living spaces.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2022
  • In 2016, the company launched WeLive, a co-living concept that never scaled.
    Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 14 Oct. 2020
  • The average person has between 2 and 4 million sweat glands in their skin, at 10 times the density of a chimpanzee’s, one of our closest living relatives.
    WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Its pre-eminent living composer, Estonia’s Arvo Part, has won a vast audience beyond the Orthodox aficionados and is one of the world’s most revered living composers.
    Brett Campbell | , oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023
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living

2 of 2 noun
  • The world belongs to the living.
  • It's summertime, and the living is easy.
  • Small-space living has led me to a ton of nifty home hacks.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The musicians who — to cite the name of Huey Lewis & The News’ 1982 hit — are still workin’ for a living?
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The all-white Art Barn serves as a living and dining area.
    Anita Sarsidi, ELLE Decor, 1 June 2023
  • The series chronicles the clash of old and new money — and old and new ways of living — in New York City in the late 1800s.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2023
  • At the time, there was no montage scene of life and childhood and living and joy and sadness.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
  • One of the greatest living lutenists, North will play Italian pieces with La Morra from the 15th and 16th centuries.
    Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • If pursued in the right way, your vocation could add years of healthy living.
    Matt Fuchs, Fortune Well, 14 May 2023
  • Even though Wilson spent the least amount of time of the three living in the state, his mother, Tiffany Weatherton, says her son still claims the 49th state.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
  • That’s low, compared to the rate of tooth-chipping among living primates, which ranges from 4 to 40 percent.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
  • That led to life on the streets, the military, then shelter living and a downward spiral.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Gavin Cater The great room, and kitchen living and bar area are connected in an open floor plan with vaulted gable roofs.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
  • But as the cost of living mounts, and more cuts are made to public services, the time may well soon come when the optics of so many homes calls for a rethink.
    Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2023
  • They're being crushed by the high cost of living, by inflation and Bidenomics.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Already struggling, the region has been hit hard by the severe cost of living crisis that is now impacting the whole of the UK.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • That father became the bottom layer of Rocky Balboa: the fact that Rocky worked for a loan shark and broke people’s arms for a living.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The health care sector is in crisis, and the rising cost of living has been felt more acutely there than anywhere else in the United Kingdom.
    Megan Specia, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
  • In the meantime, Porter has created a nonprofit and raised funds to help the refugees with living expenses.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The promise of easy living in Mediterranean weather has faded in the shadow of a housing crisis.
    Corina Knoll, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
  • There's nothing like natural stone to add living, breathing soul to your home.
    Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 2 May 2023
  • On the short ends of the second-story living area, double-height windows serve as a pleasant backdrop for seating.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Gorillaz is very much a living, breathing band, with songs, longevity and plenty of ideas.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Not to worry: The Glamour team literally shops for a living.
    Jake Smith, Glamour, 20 July 2023
  • The weather year-round is relatively warm, there’s a lower cost of living and there’s not any state income tax.
    James Barrett, ELLE Decor, 5 Apr. 2023
  • His work is formed not through some Olympian act of creation but through the messy business of living, which deafness renders visible.
    Max Norman, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2024
  • In this rural part of the country, nature is treasured and many make their living from an economy that depends on tourism.
    Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Radius Outfitters makes overlanding gear that's designed to hold up to the abuse of living (and repairing) on the road.
    WIRED, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Last week, a TikTok user posted an angry rant about the cost of living that’s since been viewed 5 million times on the platform, with tens of thousands of comments and shares.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The space also includes folding glass doors for easy indoor/outdoor living.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024

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