life lesson
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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That’s more of a life lesson than I thought I would receive when I bought it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
A goalkeeper and then a midfielder, he tried out for Manchester United where he learned the life lesson that he was "good but not good enough".
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
That, despite being a septuagenarian, he’s never learned a life lesson.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024
He took a life lesson from what it was like when he climbed Mount Rainier — and had to be led down the mountain a step at a time because he became snow blind.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2024
She gave me a serious look, as if imparting a meaningful life lesson I should ponder and absorb.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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