lifeblood
Example Sentences
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Diesel is the lifeblood of those industries, and a workhouse fuel of the economy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
Local politicians are scrambling to calm the backlash from residents—without jeopardizing the revenue that is the lifeblood of the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Its lifeblood of ideas is now the audience’s responsibility.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
The protagonist of Ibsen’s play, Dr. Thomas Stockmann, is a staff physician at the municipal spa baths, the town’s economic lifeblood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
He told me that every time a person says my name, he or she is recalling the attributes of my name into my very lifeblood.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
