life-giving
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of life-giving
First recorded in 1555–65
Example Sentences
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In “Free” and elsewhere—her public lectures, for instance—she’s made plain her distaste for capitalism, a system that a majority of Albanians today associate with liberty but also with life-giving light after long years of darkness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
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
Everywhere bulldozers had pushed up earth dams to hold back the water, making a series of life-giving lakes down the center of the ranch.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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