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. 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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