How to Use live on in a Sentence

live on

phrasal verb
Definition of live onnext
  • The drawings are available to stream live on Powerball.com.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 July 2023
  • One of his buddies lived on the next ridge over, a forty-minute walk or a two-minute flight.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • It’s been given to her by a man who lives on a nearby street.
    — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
  • And so the characters were the characters that lived on set and the script and now live on screen.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • And for those of you who, like me, live on the East Coast and are bracing themselves for Idalia, stay safe out there!
    — Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Jones lives on the property with his wife of 40 years, Marci.
    — Jenny Rudolph, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Emma Grace is a little girl who lives on Canute’s cul-de-sac.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2024
  • Kelly Cutrone just told them all that the show may happen live on the street instead of on the rooftop because of the weather.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
  • There’s no doubt that the fascination with the Wild West lives on today.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • But if Nolan had his way, the filmmaker would capture all sounds live on set.
    — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The main show will air live on CBS beginning at 7 p.m. Central.
    — John Shearer, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The event will be streamed live on the department’s Instagram page.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Veloz discovered that Mary had moved around a lot — city to city — living on the margins.
    — Maureen Maher, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Qualcomm’s keynote will stream live on June 3 at 1:30 a.m.
    — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 30 May 2024
  • More than a million and a half people live on the island of Manhattan.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 June 2024
  • Life in the fictitious Midwestern town of Genoa City lives on.
    — Marc Berman, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Dark Side of the Moon has now lived on the roster for 985 nonconsecutive frames.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Nearly half of all single adults living on the streets are older than 50.
    — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • It’s been living on the ranking for 16 weeks, so that means that exactly one-fourth of those frames have been spent in charge of the tally.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • According to Tunnell, the dragons live on top of the water and float upside down.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The students are living on the upper 11 floors above the second-floor common areas and the first-floor lobby.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • See more about living on a houseboat, and maybe find your next waterside home, at rightboat.com.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Race fans are still able to listen to the race live on the radio, but unable to view it on TV until the replay on Sunday evening.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 18 May 2024
  • Against the resistance of its own news department, the ABC Sports team reports live on the 21-hour hostage-taking.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
  • There’s nothing left here from 1834, the year of the city directory that has the shoemaker living on the east side of Fourth Street SE.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • This group lived on the central coast of present-day Peru before the Inca Empire came to power.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
  • There were hugs, there were tears, there were epic game-winners that’ll live on in Colorado high school basketball lore.
    — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Last year’s survey found only one person living on the block who was not a student.
    — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • And while the hit series, which is currently streaming on Prime Video, ended in 2019, the hype around the beloved characters lives on.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
  • Uber gift cards are excellent gifts for college students or young adults living on their own for the first time.
    — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2023

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