life-changing

Example Sentences

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So the good and bad news are the same for you: You don’t have one of those qualifying life-changing events.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

I saw these and many other otherworldly species while on a life-changing backpacking trip to the island five years ago, which I chronicled for this newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

I have been on many road trips in my life, most of which were planned around some age-appropriate, seemingly life-changing and specific-to-me-hilarious dramatic need for a change in home address.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

They can help judges make life-changing decisions, deciding whether it is safe for children to live with their parents.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

It was like my life-changing baptism two years before—only a different kind of baptism.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry