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Example sentences for "life for"

  • She was simply sure he brought some wound of life for healing.

  • Now may we not think of him saying in that moment of pride, 'Let Death come; there is an after-life for me!

  • And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death; and he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.

  • We, little children of humanity, are nothing more than the poor actors to whom this Eternal Spirit has given life for no other purpose than that we might play the roles which He has assigned us.

  • And in spite of my father setting me, like a misbehaving bairn, to the drudgery of the water-carrying, there was more in life for me that day than merely hauling upon a handle.

  • Duke Casimir--this maid's life for my son!

  • Though I give my life for it, I shall at least see and touch you ere I die.

  • As regards wounding and killing, the recognised rule is blood for blood, and a life for a life.

  • The underlying idea of the war is a life for a life; and in the matrimonial matter one life is the sum of vengeance required.

  • I shall with thy youth enjoy the pleasures of life for a thousand years.

  • And the king led this sort of life for a full thousand years.

  • Thyself becoming my preceptor, I shall practise the Brahmacharya mode of life for a thousand years.

  • I gave My life for thee: What hast thou given for Me?

  • Alone Thou bear'st the wrath That should on sinners fall, While from Thy holy wounds forthflows A stream of life for all.

  • The first stanza reads: One more day's work for Jesus, One less of life for me!

  • Double the possibilities of life for men, and you double their numbers.

  • That the Nile Barrage has doubled the production of corn in Egypt--created the possibilities of life for millions of human beings--is that nothing?

  • The joy of life for you is to grasp all you can compass of the universe, and let it permeate your thought and sense on every side.

  • I have lived a long while in the world, and it is time for me to be gone; let me therefore sacrifice my life for yours.

  • I am ready, not only to give one of my eyes to save one of yours, but to sacrifice my life for you.

  • I would, as the saying is, have given my life for a penny, but that, as God would have it, I was clothed with armour of proof.

  • I would, as the saying is, have given my life for a penny; but that, as God would have it, I was clothed with armour of proof.

  • It was not without design that our excellent author tells us, that the four boys, with their wives and children, were suffered to continue in life for a time, for the increase of the church in the place where they dwelt.

  • Then this water of life is the very groundwork of life in us, though not the groundwork of life for us.

  • So when the time appointed was come, I gave body for body, soul for soul, life for life, blood for blood, and so redeemed my beloved Mansoul.

  • No, it was not any love of life for life's own sake that held me back.

  • Any work which is peculiarly a menace to health and to the race-life for mothers or potential mothers may well be forbidden by law.

  • If she has any strength of character she can make her own way and find many good things in life for herself.

  • The laborers who earn less than the required sum for a decent standard of life for father, mother, and children cannot, of course, make any provision for their own old age or care for dependent parents.

  • II The law of a life for a life does not altogether prevent murder.

  • If there is anything in your desires or your purpose which will bring oppression to any, or work injustice to, or cause lack of life for any, you cannot receive wisdom from the Supreme.

  • You must want all that there is in life for body, mind, and soul; and this will bring you into harmony with all the life there is.

  • But as the Supreme Intelligence is in all, if you harmonize with it you must harmonize with all; and you must desire more abundant life for all as well as for yourself.

  • Till I have to, I haint going to give up the hope of laying down my life for his.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "life for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    different senses; heard from; life after; life again; life away; life estate; life forms; life freely; life have; life history; life insurance; life long; life member; life size; life were; life when; life will; life worth; middle life; much branched; provided for; right thing; shore again; this crisis; took her; whole generation