His lifetime, in other words, spanned the era when the country sought to define itself, and what Longfellow gave his countrymen - who spurned history - was the mythology they needed.
His lifetime spanned an innovative and troubled century, whose changes in taste and lifestyle Sir Robert turned into opportunity.
His crowded lifetime spanned Canada's evolution from wilderness to urbanization.
While Webern's clock whirls swiftly - a lifetime spanned in minutes - Mr. Taylor sets his watch to ours.
His lifetime spanned the entire history of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
How incredible, he had often thought, that only one long lifetime spanned the gulf between this primitive Discovery and the ship that had carried the same name to Jupiter!
The lifetime of A. Farsari & Co. spanned the transition of Japanese photography from the early involvement and influence of foreign photographers to the emergence of an independent, native Japanese photographic identity.
Her lifetime had spanned five reigns.
Their lifetime spans billions of years, and they spend them much as we do, trying to reproduce a good part of the time.
The lifetime of clouds spans several orders of magnitude.