How to Use life sentence in a Sentence

life sentence

noun
  • Job search should be a project, not a life sentence.
    — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Denise and Aaron had hoped for a life sentence.
    — Lauren Clark, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Johnson asked the judge how long a life sentence is.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026
  • We are handed a life sentence of grief.
    — Conor Wight, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Yang is serving a life sentence.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The good news is that wage garnishment is not a life sentence.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Fields is serving a life sentence for murder and hate crimes.
    — Nic F. Anderson, CNN, 3 July 2024
  • Eleven years later, those two charges would set the table for a life sentence.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The three men face possible life sentences.
    — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The men now face potential life sentences.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
  • What remains for us is a different kind of life sentence.
    — Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Morgan was serving a life sentence on robbery, gun and drug charges.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The cousin is serving a life sentence in connection with the crime.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026
  • Each of those six charges carries a possible life sentence in prison.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • Less than two years ago, Johnson was in prison, serving a life sentence.
    — oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Tucker is now serving a life sentence in the brothers' killings.
    — Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Dedge was released after 22 years of a life sentence.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
  • If convicted, Jones would face a life sentence.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
  • As shared at the end of the docuseries, Bester returned to prison to serve his life sentence.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The gunman received a life sentence.
    — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But a life sentence won’t stop a desperate father.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • The first charge alone carries a potential life sentence.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Olivier was already serving a life sentence for her role in the past crimes of her dead husband.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • This time, not as a bailiff — but as the accused facing a life sentence if convicted.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2025
  • He was spared a possible life sentence when found not guilty of the more serious charges.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
  • If he is captured, Campos could face a penalty as harsh as a life sentence.
    — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • His attacker is now serving a life sentence.
    — Stephanie Halasz, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Syed received a life sentence for the death of Lee in 2000.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • He had initially been charged with first-degree rape, which would have given him a life sentence.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
  • Greenlee, at 16, was given a life sentence.
    — News Service Of Florida, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026

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