from life

idiom

of a painting, drawing, etc.

: from looking at an actual person, object, etc.

drawings done from life rather than from photographs

Examples of from life in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Few if any filmmakers can build and breathlessly sustain visceral intensity with the command of Paul Greengrass, who brings documentary realism, kinetic energy and heart-pumping adrenaline to stories drawn from life or fiction, generally about people caught in explosive situations. —David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025

The after-hours dance party MELT returned this year as well, underscoring the fair’s ethos that art is not separate from life but embedded in every form of expression. —Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Aug. 2025

By October 2024, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón seized on the petition, recommending the brothers’ sentences be reduced from life without parole to 50 years to life. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025

Technology has delivered groundbreaking advances in recent decades—from life-saving medical treatments to the everyday convenience of carrying a powerful computer in a pocket. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for from life

• alewife
• birdlife
• folklife
• housewife
• jackknife
• loosestrife
• midlife
• midwife
• nightlife
• penknife
• wildlife
• afterlife