How to Use live-in in a Sentence

live-in

1 of 2 adjective
  • Oh, and Joe wants a live-in beta reader for his work-in-progress.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Foster can’t cut his food or get out of bed without help from his live-in sister.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
  • How about allegedly choking a live-in chef?
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The live-in tree stump features a studio layout with two beds and one bathroom.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • My friend has been in a long-term, live-in relationship with a lovely man.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2026
  • The building had a full-time doorman and live-in super, plus a laundry room and roof deck.
    — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Speaking of delicious meals, the villa's live-in chef is reason enough to book the place.
    — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2026
  • Their home, unlike the former ways royal children were raised, has no live-in nanny or staff.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Felony Carl is his live-in boyfriend, who is a human man and not another Glob.
    — Vulture, 2 June 2023
  • Has the live-in girlfriend been someone who was really good to or generous with your kids?
    — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • His mom was a live-in domestic worker for a family of teachers.
    — Caterina Morbiato, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2023
  • At the time, many young female immigrants worked as live-in maids for wealthy families uptown.
    — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 14 Jan. 2024
  • He has also been accused of groping a former live-in nanny more than 20 years ago.
    — Emily Martin, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2024
  • White, then 18, helped the family as a live-in babysitter and paid $20 a month in rent.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Each of those includes a two-car garage and additional living space, likely for guests or live-in staff.
    — James McClain, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Palmer first introduced Pavlovich to Gaiman as the couple’s live-in nanny.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 July 2025
  • The new code remains silent on the question of live-in relationships that are not between men and women.
    — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Banfield's charging in the case comes months after the family's 24-year-old live-in au pair was charged in the case.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Eunice works as a live-in maid in a penthouse apartment in Brazil along with her daughter, Mabel.
    — Literary Hub july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
  • Westcott’s live-in girlfriend at the time of the sale also testified Thursday.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Our long term live-in superintendent of a 50-unit co-op is retiring.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 3 June 2023
  • Fuentes was the live-in boyfriend of the child's mother, and the girl was under age 10 at the time of the rape, prosecutors said.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 5 July 2023
  • Clean paints a grim picture of the isolating existence of a live-in domestic worker.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
  • There’s a family kitchen as well as a discrete chef’s kitchen for catering purposes or for a live-in chef to prepare daily meals.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
  • At the time of the murder, Quarrie was also working as a live-in health aide but was using the name of a friend’s child to cash her checks, cops said.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • In 1986, Wesp’s younger brother, Richard, was killed by her mother’s live-in boyfriend.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • About an hour passed between the time of the shooting and when one of McCloud’s two live-in girlfriends called 911.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
  • His father was a steelworker and his mother a live-in domestic who saw Michals and his brother only on weekends.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 12 June 2026
  • Protective styles this summer are breezy and cool, but with an emphasis on natural textures and live-in finishes.
    — Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 18 June 2026
  • That’s when people began hiring full-time live-in dog nannies, paying as much as $55 an hour on top of room and board in the mega-mansions in the dunes.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026

live in

2 of 2 verb
  • Stress doesn’t just live in your head.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • Did some of them live in groups or hunt in packs?
    — Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Kids should be able to go to school and live in peace.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That’s not the world my daughters live in.
    — Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t get caught living in the past.
    — Gary Davenport, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The hardest thing in this world, is to live in it.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
  • She's lived in Paris for 25 years.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 31 May 2026
  • Most of the larger fish live in the pit with the eels.
    — Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Lunsford has lived in an RV for the past decade.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Who has lived in the Amityville house?
    — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Suzanne was from Rosedale and lived in Queens her whole life.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Steve is living in a rental house about 50 miles away.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The content doesn't live in my inbox or my feed.
    — Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Our kids cannot live in bubbles anymore.
    — Essie Assibu, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Like wasps and bees, ants are social and live in a colony with one or more queens.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Like wasps and bees, ants are social and live in a colony with one or more queens.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 May 2026
  • The event is geared towards young adults living in faith.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • What are the best cities to live in for quality schools?
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That’s not the world my granddaughters live in.
    — Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • And that's – that's part of living in a free country.
    — CBS News, 24 May 2026
  • Gu still lives in the United States.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
  • When did Ed Gein live in the farmhouse?
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Where does Afroman live in Ohio?
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2026
  • What animals live in the strait?
    — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Ross lives in Hamilton Heights.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Here are some of the best places to live in Florida.
    — Carrie Honaker, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Jennifer lives in the same world as Muna.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Twin Johnson lived in one of those buildings.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Her mother and two sisters still live in Venezuela.
    — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Gibbard, who lives in Seattle, turns fifty this year.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 31 May 2026

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