cradle to grave

Example Sentences

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Villarreal: Typically with musical biopics, or often with musical biopics, it’s sometimes a cradle-to-grave story.

From Los Angeles Times

Such great, complicated artists don’t deserve the shallow cradle-to-grave treatment common to so many biopics, and thankfully, Ethan Hawke’s new film “Wildcat” isn’t that.

From Los Angeles Times

What it is doing now is no simple return to the classic cradle-to-grave benefits system.

From New York Times

Instead of a traditional cradle-to-grave biopic, this film would be devoted to a single, two-year timespan.

From BBC

"There appears to be no understanding that it is in absolute contravention of international law, to detain children in what appears to be an unending cycle of cradle-to-grave detention," she said.

From Reuters