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lifelong

/ˈlaɪf.lɔːŋ/ adjective B1
  1. Extending for the entire duration of life. · They were lifelong friends; they met in elementary school and ended their lives in the same rest home.· my lifelong romance with football since I was a toddler
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It will be my lifelong sorrow.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 22 · C1
I read of a girl once in a novel who had a lifelong sorrow but it wasn’t red hair.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 22 · C1
If you refuse it will be a lifelong sorrow on a poor little orphan girl, would you, even if she had a dreadful temper?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 75 · C1
I suppose I’d live through it, but I’m certain it would be a lifelong sorrow.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 91 · C1

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