How to Use life of crime in a Sentence

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  • Born in 1960 in Malaysia, Gong turned to a life of crime at a young age.
    — Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Yes, when the life of crime gives you lemons, steal lemonade.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 13 July 2021
  • The killing was the culmination of Woody’s young life of crime.
    — oregonlive, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Leaving behind the life of crime he’d been pulled into, more or less free and clear.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Good news though for Cancers ready to resign themselves to a life of crime: None of this is true.
    — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The Kafkaesque conditions of the system have led baseball fans into a life of crime.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 6 July 2023
  • Happy Mother’s Day to the only person who stood between me and a life of crime.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 12 Apr. 2023
  • This decision, along with the death of her parents, propels her into a life of crime.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2022
  • When Izi's son falls ill, he's drawn back into a life of crime with a heist that promises to change their lives forever.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Steve Renfroe was elected sheriff of Sumter County in 1878 but later turned to a life of crime.
    — Kelly Kazek | Kkazek@al.com, al, 23 Mar. 2022
  • McCallum was one half of a pair of brothers who get swept into a life of crime, and he was singled out in our review.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Sill also grew up in an abusive home, and turned to a life of crime and drug usage as an escape mechanism.
    — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Desperate times call for desperate measures, so Emily turns to a life of crime to make ends meet.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Desperate times call for desperate measures, so Emily turns to a life of crime to make ends meet.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 22 Apr. 2023
  • In and out of prison for over a decade, three things were constant in Trejo's life: his uncle Gilbert (who, the actor writes, introduced him to a life of crime at a young age), the drugs and the women.
    — Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 9 July 2021
  • Teenage best friends Zoe and Becca set out to build their own fake ID empire, but when business starts booming, their life of crime gets way too real.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Jimmy instead drove away from it, too consumed with his own fondness for a life of crime, only to change his mind shortly thereafter to take the job.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2022
  • While Julio has worked his hardest to be reliable and responsible, Luis lived a life of crime that landed him in prison.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • While Julio has worked his hardest to be reliable and responsible, Luis lived a life of crime that landed him in prison.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But the chaos and mania of Barry’s Hollywood life and his life of crime are, more than ever, serving what is a grand-scale character study.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Johnson found that boxing offered him an escape from the life of crime many people predicted would be his fate.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Soldiers conducting street raids lecture young men found with small bags of marijuana on the perils of drugs or a life of crime.
    — Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Lee co-wrote and also stars in Love Is a Gun, an existential noir that tells the story of a young man desperately trying to move on from a life of crime.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023
  • If they could be influenced early to change directions, perhaps a life of crime could be avoided.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
  • His mother married a French soldier and the family moved to France, where the teenage Sobhraj struggled to settle before entering a life of crime.
    — Julia Hollingsworth and Adam Renton, CNN, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Eric Robert was a Wisconsin native who later began a life of crime in South Dakota.
    — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • Eric Robert was a Wisconsin native who later began a life of crime in South Dakota.
    — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • While trying to cope with the rage inside him over his mother’s death, EZ sees his rage drive him toward a life of crime and violence in his pursuit of vengeance over his mother’s killing.
    — oregonlive, 24 May 2023
  • While trying to cope with the rage inside him over his mother’s death, EZ sees his rage drive him toward a life of crime and violence in his pursuit of vengeance over his mother’s killing.
    — oregonlive, 24 May 2023
  • The unique nail-biter takes place in the shadows of L.A.’s homeless camps, run-down motels and dark alleys, following women who have turned — for various reasons — to a life of crime.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024

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