kiss of life

Example Sentences

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With prayers, songs and devotion, they’ll give the cathedral the kiss of life and celebration to nudge aside the pain the April 15, 2019, blaze inflicted on French hearts and Catholic faithful around the world.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

I went up to the one nearest to me, and he seemed still to be breathing, so I tried to give him the kiss of life.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2014

Police tried to resuscitate people with CPR and the kiss of life inside the tunnel.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2010

They play Switzerland today in the last of the first round of matches and should give the tournament the kiss of life or, at the very least, a cattle-prod to the netherlands.

From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2010

The passing wind no longer gives you the kiss of life, the benediction on all that lives and breathes; it buffets you and makes you stagger.

From The Confession of a Child of the Century by Warren, Kendall