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
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Tennessee parents who opposed their state's new legislation, including some of those whose children lived through the shooting in Nashville, expressed dismay at the new legislation.
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Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
So many hours of each day are lived through our portable, glowing screens, but the Internet isn’t even fun anymore.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2024
It’s written on the soul of those who lived through it, but for others it may have been overtaken by the urgencies of a presidential election, the rising death toll in Gaza or some singularly personal calamity that requires full attention.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
California Column: Millions of Angelenos haven’t lived through a big quake.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
There is so much more than living through a screen.
—Maria Williams, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
In a profile for The Wall Street Journal, Eva shared that her family lived through the Texas Revolution in 1836, which turned their 4,500 acres of farmland near the Rio Grande into United States soil.
—Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
These recordings planted the seeds of what became the Shoah Foundation’s principle mission — documenting the stories of those who lived through the Holocaust era.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
Hence the stereotype built around women who lived through those turbulent decades as blunt, gruff and wearing black or colorful prints and visors to keep the sun off their face.
—Soo Youn, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
So many hours of each day are lived through our portable, glowing screens, but the Internet isn’t even fun anymore.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2024
It’s written on the soul of those who lived through it, but for others it may have been overtaken by the urgencies of a presidential election, the rising death toll in Gaza or some singularly personal calamity that requires full attention.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
California Column: Millions of Angelenos haven’t lived through a big quake.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
There is so much more than living through a screen.
—Maria Williams, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
In a profile for The Wall Street Journal, Eva shared that her family lived through the Texas Revolution in 1836, which turned their 4,500 acres of farmland near the Rio Grande into United States soil.
—Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
These recordings planted the seeds of what became the Shoah Foundation’s principle mission — documenting the stories of those who lived through the Holocaust era.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
Hence the stereotype built around women who lived through those turbulent decades as blunt, gruff and wearing black or colorful prints and visors to keep the sun off their face.
—Soo Youn, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
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“Live through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20through. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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