How to Use once in a lifetime in a Sentence

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• Forty days for a once in a lifetime chance.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
• That phrase ‘once in a lifetime’ is the heart of the matter.
  — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Sharing this special day with you is once in a lifetime!
  — Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
• This is probably a once in a lifetime event.
  — Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
• Performances like that come once in a lifetime.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
• Below, an inside look at the making of a once in a lifetime event.
  — Vogue, 25 June 2024
• The chefs are cooking a once in a lifetime meal for a table of culinary icons.
  — Buddha Lo, People.com, 13 June 2025
• Henry is a high school kid who believes true love only comes once in a lifetime.
  — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 20 Jan. 2023
• These kinds of things might happen to mortal programs once in a lifetime, if that.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2023
• So the first trip is that wish trip, and that's just a once in a lifetime experience that's week long.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
• There will be once in a generation — maybe once in a lifetime — talents.
  — Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 19 July 2024
• This is resulting in more people booking these ‘once in a lifetime’ trips.
  — Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• Many guidelines now recommend testing it at least once in a lifetime.
  — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 17 Feb. 2026
• The sterile males then mate with females, who only reproduce once in a lifetime.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
• This is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
• And to be sharing the stage with Lang Lang will be a dream come true; a once in a lifetime performance.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 8 May 2023
• Opportunities like this come once in a lifetime.
  — Jerry Mickelson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
• For choreographers in the pop music realm, the chance to work with a superstar artist can come once in a lifetime.
  — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
• Let’s seize this once in a lifetime opportunity.
  — Robert Yaro, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
• Hajj, one of Islam’s five pillars, is required once in a lifetime for those able to perform it.
  — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 June 2025
• Yeomans agrees these once in a lifetime storms are occurring more often and closer together.
  — Carol Thompson, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
• For the newest Opry members, this night is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
  — Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Nov. 2025
• Making your debut at La Danse is literally once in a lifetime.
  — Michael Nied, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
• Obviously, singing with Cynthia is always once in a lifetime.
  — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
• Lightning in a Bottle is truly a once in a lifetime experience.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
• As our world warms, extreme weather that used to happen once in a lifetime are becoming more frequent occurrences.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
• This is a once in a generation chance for Huracán to win the league title, and a once in a lifetime chance for Platense.
  — Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
• Guides are recommended for this once in a lifetime experience.
  — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
• Just like life cycles, these stages are logical and everyone goes through them, typically about once in a lifetime.
  — Ray Dalio, TIME, 25 June 2024
• Auriemma reminded his players this could be a once in a lifetime experience for them.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2026