life force

noun

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Hadi’s exceptional attention gives cinematic identity to collective artisanal energy, to the life force of care and devotion that stands outside the agonies of politics, to the spirit that endures a regime and outlives it. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026 Priestesses once kept a sacred flame burning there day and night, believed to represent the life force of the city. Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026 Saturn leaving Pisces on February 13 lifts the heavy blanket of sorrow and exhaustion that’s been dampening your life force for the last three years, freeing you to unthaw a bit from the winter of your discontent. Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026 Her 2024 New York Times best seller, Good Energy, uses terms such as energy and life force, along with scientific-sounding descriptions of metabolic processes, to insinuate that the vibes are off in the American diet and lifestyle. Rina Raphael, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for life force

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of life force was in 1848

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“Life force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20force. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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