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
I mean that she endows objects and animals with anima, the breath of life.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2021
Those nose wiggles will “literally breathe that breath of life into the characters,” Hanson said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2019
Before he did not seem to breathe, but now his chest heaved with the breath of life and the pallor was gone from his face.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
