She had never been so happy in all of her short life.

He had a very short life of 26 years, and died in 1900.

He left 38 works in his short life of 29 years.

He did a lot of good things during his short life.

He's said to have killed more than 20 men in his short life.

Some simply had no better place to go than the military at this point in their short lives.

But like so many things in her short life, it had all gone wrong.

After a short and happy married life, his wife died.

She had seen very much worse in her short life.

They probably had a short life because little has been published about them.