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

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

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2023

“What happened then is in the past, I don’t really live in the past, I’m just present,” the 32-year-old Joshua said at a news conference in London on Wednesday.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2022

Their assignment was to stagnate and live in the past.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris