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 term was once reserved for the emotional fallout from life-shattering events, such as battlefields, plane crashes, or violent assaults.
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Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
Though machines revived her, she was declared brain dead, and five days later, her parents consented to remove her from life support.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Pornosexuals are clearly not the only people out there in the process of retreating from life.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
She was removed from life support Tuesday at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where hundreds of witnesses looked on, video shows.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
Though machines revived her, she was declared brain dead, and five days later, her parents consented to remove her from life support.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Pornosexuals are clearly not the only people out there in the process of retreating from life.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
She was removed from life support Tuesday at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where hundreds of witnesses looked on, video shows.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 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 5 Dec. 2025.
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