Explore Lived through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Lived in a sentence
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Lived meaning
simple past and past participle of live
Using Lived
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of live
- In the example corpus, lived often appears in combinations such as: lived in, he lived, who lived.
Context around Lived
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lived
- In this selection, "lived" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, long, family, shorter, stars, lava and briefly stand out and add context to how "lived" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 13 she lived in oregon and a job lived in a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lived" sits close to words such as allows, remained and sexual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lived
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She lived there, and he lived here, helping young women “find their way” in the city. (16 words)
Arthur’s son, John Wallis, lived at Erdesley and his nephew, Richard lived at Foyle Lodge. (16 words)
He lived in Sydney before retiring to the Gold Coast in 1986 where he lived alone. (16 words)
I met my best friend on when we were 12 or 13. She lived in Oregon and I lived in Kentucky; we were six months apart in age, with budding mental health problems and no one to talk to about them. (41 words)
The siblings lived on their own since the age of 24. They previously lived in an institution for people with intellectual impairments, despite not being mentally disabled, following a court order, New York Magazine reported. (35 words)
Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in the windswept western wilds of Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing led. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Enormous, long-lived lava outpourings in Tweed may have weakened the hotspot, and caused the younger volcanoes to the south to become smaller and shorter-lived.
In general, when people lived in rigid, hierarchical societies, depended too much on agriculture, and lived in close quarters, they faced the most destruction from these challenges.
She lived briefly in Germany when her ex-husband was stationed there, then returned to Martha’s Vineyard and lived in Vineyard Haven for most of her adult life.
She lived there, and he lived here, helping young women “find their way” in the city.
They were temporarily living apart after Nicole lived with her dad and Katie lived with her mom, but the four siblings always hung out.
Zulu lived with his gran Mapiti and Rabanye lived with his gran Nqobile Ndlovu and both went to Isiseko Primary School in White City and were close friends.
Arthur’s son, John Wallis, lived at Erdesley and his nephew, Richard lived at Foyle Lodge.
Bob graduated from Shrewsbury High School in 1959, lived many years in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and lived in Florida for the last 20 years.
Epirus’ inhabitants, the Epirotes, were seafaring people who lived near the Ionian Sea and hunters and herdsmen who lived in the mountainous interior.
Some carbon is produced inside massive, short -lived stars, and some in low-mass, long lived stars, says D’Eugenio.
The siblings lived on their own since the age of 24. They previously lived in an institution for people with intellectual impairments, despite not being mentally disabled, following a court order, New York Magazine reported.
He lived in Sydney before retiring to the Gold Coast in 1986 where he lived alone.
Her brother lived in the USA and was studying for his PhD in a different state from where his young wife and daughter lived.
Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in the windswept western wilds of Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing led.
They lived in fear of getting sick even before the virus, because they also lived in fear of being discovered.
A Hmong family lived at one of the houses, and a white family lived at the other, according to neighbors who said neither house had a history of trouble.
Bobbitt claimed that while the couple lived a lavish lifestyle with the latest phones and top-brand bags and sunglasses, he lived in a trailer on their driveway.
He lived his early life in Switzerland and Jefferson counties and later lived in Carrollton for many years.
I lived in a small village in Leicestershire and moved into the city, got a job, lived in a bedsit on my own.
I met my best friend on when we were 12 or 13. She lived in Oregon and I lived in Kentucky; we were six months apart in age, with budding mental health problems and no one to talk to about them.
Common combinations with lived
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lived in 85×
- he lived 35×
- who lived 22×
- has lived 21×
- and lived 16×
- lived with 14×
- lived on 13×
- have lived 10×
- lived through 9×
- lived at 8×