How to Use save the life of (someone) in a Sentence

save the life of (someone)

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  • First responders tried to save the life of the shot man, Acosta said.
    Liam Quigley, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • The only exception to this law is to save the life of a pregnant person.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 July 2023
  • That can literally save the life of a frail elder like the dad in this story.
    Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The only exception to the ban is to save the life of the pregnant person.
    Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
  • An unlikely alliance forms as the two endeavor to save the life of a young girl.
    John Bleasdale, Variety, 17 June 2023
  • The only exception was to save the life of the pregnant person.
    Victoria Chamberlin, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • The only exception contained in the trigger law is to save the life of the mother.
    Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 4 May 2022
  • And now at the Pellot home, paramedics and police were struggling to save the life of the young wife and mother.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Was this cow motivated not only by a desire to save its own life, but a desire to save the life of its calf?
    Brendan O'Meara, Longreads, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Doctors took emergency measures to save the life of the couple’s baby.
    Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Ten years later, he was honored by the city for helping to save the life of a police officer who was shot while on duty.
    Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Finding a mutation and addressing it could save the life of siblings, parents and even cousins.
    Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • While all bans allow an exception to save the life of the woman, those in some states do not also cite protection of her health.
    New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • While lawmakers claim the ban includes an exception to save the life of the mother, physicians have pushed back against that claim.
    ABC News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Knowing your ABCs can save the life of a gunshot, car-crash or stabbing victim.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 29 July 2024
  • Someone has never had to save the life of the woman who slept with your husband on the table with a surgery that has never been done before.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 May 2025
  • In the near future, a father and daughter try to save the life of Yang, their beloved robotic family member.
    Natalie Lin, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2022
  • More importantly, Flores said, these measures will enable the tribe to help save the life of the river.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Pearsall explained that with Narcan, the man could possibly save the life of an opioid overdose victim.
    Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Demi Moore used the power of Twitter to save the life of a people trying to harm themselves - twice.
    Michael Y. Park, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Jackson doctors and staff helped save the life of their son Joseph Patrick, 2, who was born prematurely.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Now in its fifth year, the fundraiser began after local restaurant owners turned to the hospital to save the life of their newborn child.
    Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024
  • But at this particular point, the only exception in Arkansas is to save the life of the mother.
    NBC News, 26 June 2022
  • Officers and the Long Beach Fire Department tried to save the life of a 17-year-old boy, police said.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
  • Local major Milan Nedeljkovic said doctors were fighting to save the life of the teacher, according to The Guardian.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
  • Last year’s recipients were the training staff of the Buffalo Bills, who helped save the life of safety Damar Hamlin on the field last year.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
  • At least once a week, Richard Glossip’s defense team connects on the phone – sometimes to catch up, and other times to strategize on how to save the life of the Oklahoma man on death row.
    Brynn Gingras, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
  • By then, detectives had already set out to find Bobby Tarr while, 85 miles to the north, surgeons were fighting to try to save the life of Chris Smith — a bullet still lodged in his brain.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024

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