live in the past

Example Sentences

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When the time comes, these words from Ms. Antonetta will merit consideration: “Programs of euthanasia and sterilization don’t just live in the past, terrible but finished. Their aftershocks are terrible and here.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

“If they want to live in the past, it doesn’t matter to me.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

Some live in the past, and some struggle in the present.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

"I've always been looking to the future. I don't live in the past."

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2023

But you can’t live in the past; you can only visit.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson