How to Use lifeblood in a Sentence
lifeblood
noun- The neighborhoods are the lifeblood of this city.
- The town's lifeblood has always been its fishing industry.
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If that falls, there goes part of the lifeblood of the place.
—Chris Willman, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2020
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Dancers in the WeChat group said Mr. Ma was the lifeblood of the studio.
—Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2023
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Players who aren't the stars but are still the lifeblood of the sport.
—Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
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Hearn said the return of fans was vital to the lifeblood of the sport.
—John Whisler, ExpressNews.com, 3 Dec. 2020
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Now that kind of movement is part of the N.B.A.’s lifeblood.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2020
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Water is the lifeblood of this place and all of West Texas.
—Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2021
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Just as sap is the lifeblood of the maple tree, maple syrup is the lifeblood of Canada.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
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The Star Ferry grew to become part of the lifeblood of Hong Kong.
—New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
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Yes-and-no questions like this are in some ways the lifeblood of Kalshi.
—Declan Harty, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2021
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Cash is the lifeblood of the small business or startup.
—Bernhard Schroeder, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
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For most of the town’s history, Rusal has been the lifeblood of Sayanogorsk.
—Thomas Grove, WSJ, 2 July 2018
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Of course, water is the lifeblood of our state and district.
—Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
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Clients are key Clients are the lifeblood of the business –– without clients, the dream can’t live.
—Micah Iverson, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2018
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Lights strung along the promenade form shapes of the town's lifeblood.
—Jessica Meyers, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018
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Change the Oil: The lifeblood of any engine is its motor oil.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
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And fresh talent, in any era, is the lifeblood of a thriving art form.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2020
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General stores are the lifeblood of small towns, in good times and in bad.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
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Finding a Balance Oceans are the lifeblood of Chileans.
—Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2018
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Finding a Balance Oceans are the lifeblood of Chileans.
—Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2018
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Soon the dairy lost its contract with the Springfield schools – its lifeblood.
—oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
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With that comes a gamble on tourism, the lifeblood of the economy.
—Paul Tugwell, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2020
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None of us can have meetings at the moment, and that’s our lifeblood.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2020
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Its lifeblood is winter snows and glaciers in the mountains.
—National Geographic, 16 June 2020
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Those conversations have long been part of the lifeblood of the game.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
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Subways and buses are the lifeblood of dense cities like New York.
—Aarian Marshall, Wired, 14 Dec. 2020
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But our team in Glendale is the lifeblood of the company.
—Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
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Major gifts are the lifeblood of any fundraising operation—90% of all donations come from just 10% of donors.
—Karen Cochran, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Ecuador ranks among the ten largest economies in Latin America, and the U.S. plays an outsized role in its economic lifeblood.
—James Laporta, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
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