Sentence examples for about a life span from inspiring English sources

I wanted to express an almost-detached sense of realism about a life span, an awareness that I too am going to die and disintegrate, but also feel the incredible joy of being alive in this moment.

Industrial egg-laying hens have been bred to produce more and faster, laying about 320 eggs over a life span of about 72 weeks, compared with a productive life of around four years in more traditional breeds that lay at a fraction of the rate.

These birds are believed to have had a life span of about 20 to 25 years.

Such an animal may have a life span of about 40 years.

Restaurant reusables normally have a life span of about 130 meals.

To examine the factors that influence women's decisions about the timing of motherhood from a life span perspective.

Water supply and water drainage networks are among those projects which are very costly; therefore they are designed with a life span of about one hundred years.

Black walnut grows slowly, maturing on good soils in about 150 years; it may have a life span of more than 250 years.

Each tree has a life span of about 40 to 50 years, Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst said, which means the agency is constantly caring for and replacing trees — at a rate of about 90 replacements per year.

The Stanhope linens are starched once a month and washed 150 times in a special three-step method, over a life span of about six months, before they are torn into rags.

Adult females have a life span of about 66 days, during which they can lay between 50 and 125 individual eggs, depending on their geographic strain, the host trees available, and exposure to pathogens in the environment.