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For half his life vs half of his life

Both "for half his life" and "half of his life" are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They can be used interchangeably to indicate a period of time that is equal to half of someone's life.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 886 views

For half his life

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate a period of time that is equal to half of someone's life. It implies the duration of time for which a certain condition or situation has been true.

Examples:

He lived in the city for half his life.
She has been a teacher for half her life.

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Look, Katie is bound by medical oath, and George has been your father's best friend for half his life.
An orphan girl, a lost traveller, an old drunkard, and a monk who has failed at the same task for half his life.
An orphan girl, a lost traveler, an old drunk, and a monk who has failed at the same task for half his life.

Alternatives:

half of his life
for half of his life
for half of the time
half of the time
for half the duration

half of his life

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate a period of time that is equal to half of someone's life. It implies the duration of time for which a certain condition or situation has been true.

Examples:

He spent half of his life traveling the world.
She dedicated half of her life to charity work.

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Your grandfather spent half of his life on his own land, listening to the strikings of an imaginary clock that measured his time.
On 20 March, the anniversary of his death, we commemorated another great figure of the war of independence, Governor Lajos Kossuth, father of Hungarian parliamentary democracy, who spent half of his life in foreign exile.
He's spent half of his life researching Alzheimer.
Charles Freck wished he could take back the last half-hour of his life.
So half of us killed him, and half of us saved his life.
He's just a kid at the end of his half-life. No!
Half of my life, like that...
He's been in and out institutions half his life.
Mungo's been in prison half his life.
Outraged, the studio gives him half his life back.
I think maybe it's because he spent half his life underwater.
He spends half his life here.
Half of life consists of work.
The elimination half-life was approximately two hours.
The elimination half-life was approximately 5 hours.
Pregabalin mean elimination half-life is 6.3 hours.
Elimination half-life is long - approximately 5.5 days.
Larger radioactive fallout, longer half-life.
The other one is a professional criminal, escaped prison twice, spent half his life on the run avoiding folks like you.
He's been in Petersburg half his life and he's up for parole.

Alternatives:

for half his life
for half of his life
for half of the time
half of the time
for half the duration

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