How to Use live by in a Sentence

live by

verb
  • Why do seagulls live by the sea?
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • That’s a creed many athletes live by.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • My father lived by those words.
    — Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The hope is to have the machines live by the end of the week.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • All the songs are performed live by the actors on stage.
    — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Asato lives by that principle as well.
    — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • From that moment on, Winfrey has lived by a new code.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The Ashland town police lives by them.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Over half a billion people live by lakes that freeze over in the winter.
    — Rebecca Ramirez, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The couple lived by themselves.
    — CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Here, though, Caglianone was living by himself for the first time in his life.
    — Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Publish and live by one trust principle.
    — Vivek Bhaskaran, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • This is a country ballad about his dying grandpa’s words to live by.
    — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Still, what man wanted to be a dog, or, even worse, a dog of dogs, forced to live by British rules?
    — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • There is resentment that the rich live by different rules.
    — Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 13 May 2026
  • Many older Americans still live by those rules.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 6 June 2026
  • Small predators live by different rules.
    — Leonie Baier, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
  • It will also be broadcast live by CBS.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 12 June 2026
  • Forest Whitaker stars as a mafia hitman who lives by a samurai code.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The vast majority of deputies still live by those values every day.
    — Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • The dream of the small social democratic nation that lives by example and is a force for good around the world?
    — Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026
  • Above all else, Kissous will continue living by that one important rule.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Sophia Padilla lives by her mission to serve the community.
    — CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • These are basic principles that our local law enforcement agencies live by.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The belief is that intense, focused segments help ingrain the principles the Gators live by on the court.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Top prizes reach $20,000, drawn live by the Churchill Downs team during the broadcast.
    — Ron Gallo, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2026
  • Hockney lived by that command for the rest of his life, turning out canvas after canvas, photo after photo.
    — Barbara Isenberg, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • This person integrated death into living by not denying it.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Swift surprised fans hours after the song went live by releasing an accompanying music video.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • Swift surprised fans hours after the track went live by releasing an accompanying music video.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

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