life-giving
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of life-giving
First recorded in 1555–65
Example Sentences
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“A tree is a river to the sky, carrying water from the soil into the clouds,” whence it falls as life-giving rain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
There were folks in the audience who didn’t think that was anything to laugh at; the unmistakably sour expression on James Burrows’ face as Rogen skipped to the stage was life-giving.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
But those planets are far away from our life-giving Sun.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
The weekends were for men “hungry for deep, life-giving relationships.”
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
The transition roughly coincides with the transition between dry and wet seasons—the time when the Milky Way releases life-giving water to Pacha Mama, Mother Earth—and divides the heavens into four quar- ters.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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