from life
idiom
of a painting, drawing, etc.
: from looking at an actual person, object, etc.
drawings done from life rather than from photographs
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The only image from life to capture Austen’s face is this sketch made by her sister Cassandra, an averagely talented amateur.
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Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
In 1945, Anna Novak’s grandparents bought a farm on Madeline Island—the largest in the archipelago—as a summer retreat from life in Chicago.
—Katherine Lawless, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
One of the injured was removed from life support and died on May 2.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2025
Aaron Bonin, 43, was removed from life support on Nov. 1, 2022, after suffering cardiac arrest in San Diego’s Central Jail a week earlier.
—Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 21 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
In 1945, Anna Novak’s grandparents bought a farm on Madeline Island—the largest in the archipelago—as a summer retreat from life in Chicago.
—Katherine Lawless, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
One of the injured was removed from life support and died on May 2.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2025
Aaron Bonin, 43, was removed from life support on Nov. 1, 2022, after suffering cardiac arrest in San Diego’s Central Jail a week earlier.
—Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for from life
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“From life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20life. Accessed 12 Aug. 2025.
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