How to Use life-changing in a Sentence

life-changing

adjective
  • That book, and the rest of Carl’s work, was pretty life-changing for me.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2024
  • This mental shift can be life-changing for you and your team.
    Raquel Gomes, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Life Time and Sarah, for me, have been life-changing, even saving.
    Men's Health, 5 May 2023
  • His cancer has been life-changing for him in more way than one.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • That's, for me, the underlying theme that was so life-changing, to play a role like that back in the day.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • That song to me was one of those life-changing moments in my career.
    Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Some people loved it, and those shows felt life-changing.
    Jonathan Rowe and Chris Schwartz, SPIN, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Still, the loss of her beloved home means that Delevingne is going through a life-changing event.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The song has been called life-changing, life-saving, and cathartic.
    Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Kim Da-Eun goes through life-changing moments in all three parts of the series.
    Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 20 July 2024
  • The boy plunged about 100 feet and sustained life-changing injuries.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • When the 8-minute life-changing performance ended, the crowd clapped and clapped while James waved.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2024
  • A lot happens, some of it life-changing, some of it heartrending, parts of it (in story terms) a bit rushed or on-the-nose.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Both of these are life-changing moments getting lots of time here.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The actor phoned in from a bustling Brooklyn coffee shop to chat about his life-changing role.
    Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • For Maddi Reese, the decision to get sober has been life-changing.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • One player will win a life-changing sum; the penalty for losing is death.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • So for some of these women, this is going to be life-changing money.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
  • In any case, after years of struggle — and one life-changing tragedy — last year was his big breakout.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024
  • For sure, the experience of serving the guild as a strike captain was life-changing for many.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
  • And for some, even a single February can be life-changing.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Michael said his wife hasn’t fully recovered and that the injury has been life-changing.
    Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Nearly by chance, a life-changing friendship takes root.
    Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • In terms of these TikTok videos, dusty sons don't put the toilet seat down (rude, but not life-changing) and certainly don't dust.
    Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
  • This film had so much potential but fell short of being life-changing.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Many people don’t understand the life-changing risk that could come with one shower or one dip in the pool with contacts in.
    Michelle Vartan, SELF, 12 July 2024
  • What happened next was life-changing, Greenberg told me.
    WIRED, 29 June 2023
  • In the case of Sampson, and many other comedians like her, that work was life-changing.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Most solid exit outcomes, which might be life-changing for founders, do not move the needle for large funds.
    Ruth Foxe Blader, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Reeling in the wake of the sudden departure of his ex-boyfriend, Lourenço meets handsome nurse Maurice (James Bland), who in a single week forges a life-changing bond with the directionless gig worker.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024

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