life's work
Example Sentences
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Despite being known for his hand in hit-making, Davis offered a different vision of his life’s work in an interview with The Wall Street Journal in 1995.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
He added that it has become his life's work to restore the rainforest and to showcase what could be and what once was.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Others, like Imad Bazzi from Bint Jbeil, spoke to AFP about the loss of their life's work.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
After watching his mother perform in a production of “A Raisin in the Sun” at Compton Community College when he was 9 years old, Anthony Anderson knew appearing on stage would be his life’s work.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Mommy knows this and despite her personal differences with the new minister, she didn’t want to see what amounted to my father’s and her life’s work disappear.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
