in one's life

adjective

Present and involved in the life of a person.

“Her kids don't have any father figure in their life.”

Meanings

adjectivein one's life (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePresent and involved in the life of a person.

    Her kids don't have any father figure in their life.

    3 more examples

    She wishes that her brother were in her life [⁠connotes that her brother is still alive but is estranged].

    Work it out if that is what you want, just remember that you do not need a man in your life to make you complete as a woman, you are intelligent, suave, and sophisticated.

    2008, Patricia A. Stokes, Marcus: the Secret Place, page 61

    It's only right for a child to want their other parent in their life.

    2011, Kumari V. Ghafoor-Davis, Real Talk: Ten Parenting Strategies to Raise Confident Successful Children, page 52
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