breath of life
Example Sentences
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Despite the lack of business investment in the market after the war, Brixton was given a new breath of life with the arrival of HMS Windrush in 1948.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2023
I mean that she endows objects and animals with anima, the breath of life.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2021
Those nose wiggles will “literally breathe that breath of life into the characters,” Hanson said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2019
“As long as I have a breath of life, I will keep opposing this.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2014
“Hey, Ma,” he says, “what do you do if the breath of life stinks?”
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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