breath of life
Example Sentences
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Despite the lack of business investment in the market after the war, Brixton was given a new breath of life with the arrival of HMS Windrush in 1948.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2023
This description may sound a little dry, and indeed you shouldn’t read “A Fortnight in September” expecting anything particularly dramatic to happen, as nothing does — except, perhaps, the gentle breath of life itself.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
Those nose wiggles will “literally breathe that breath of life into the characters,” Hanson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2019
He’s also the most plausibly human figure in a show that in key areas lacks the breath of life.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2018
“And while I sleep tonight, do not snatch the breath of life from me ...” I opened my mouth but no words came.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
