life's work
Example Sentences
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Many small-business owners have poured their life’s work and wealth into their businesses, Salazar said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 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
Inside a sparse room he rented in Foshan for $3 a day, he unwrapped a strip of coated wood, evidence for prospective employers of his life’s work painting furniture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
“A man, his whole life, matches himself against pay. And how, if it’s my whole life’s work to find my worth, can you, sad man, write me down instant in a ledger?”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
