7 sentences with 'lifetime'
Example sentences and phrases with the word lifetime and other words derived from it.
• « And, as the Epic of Gilgamesh demonstrates, ancient peoples were well aware that no matter how great a person's achievements during his or her lifetime, he or she would inevitably die. »
• « Pharaoh Amenhotep was infamous in his own lifetime for attempting a large-scale, ill-conceived religious revolution. »
• « Alexander the Great became a legend in his own lifetime, worshipped as a god by many of his subjects, and even his Greek subjects came to revere him as one of the greatest leaders of all time. »
• « Indeed, Heraclius himself was forced to lead Byzantium during the first wave of Arab invasions, and despite his own leadership abilities vital territories such as Syria, Palestine and Egypt were lost during his own lifetime (he died in 641, the same year that most of Egypt was conquered by the Arabs). »
• « The Ummah was a central idea from Muhammad's lifetime onwards, referring to a shared identity among Muslims that is supposed to transcend differences of language, ethnicity and culture. »
• « All Muslims are required to follow the five pillars, just as all Muslims are required to meet with other members of the Ummah at least once in their lifetime during Hajj. »
• « The origin of "Germany" (which did not unite politically until 1871, more than a thousand years after Charlemagne's lifetime) was Eastern France, the kingdom that Charlemagne's son, Louis the Pious, left to one of his sons. »