staff of life
Example Sentences
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The staff of life is the stuff to like at Michele’s.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022
Dr. Singh, a wheat breeder, grabbed seed heads that should have been plump with the staff of life.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2011
“Is bread the staff of life or the staff of death?”
From The New Yorker • Sep. 27, 2010
Just as bread or meat is the staff of life for many nations, for others fish is the very stuff that life is made of.
From Time Magazine Archive
They ask Dilip Nandi to play the part of Ashima’s brother, to hold the child and feed him rice, the Bengali staff of life, for the very first time.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
