life-saving

When the father arrived at the hospital, he was told that Andrew Dossi was in surgery, but the wounds were not life-threatening.

Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.

Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.

We shall recover again some or all of the steadfastness and dignity of the old religious life.

It is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.

Woman is mistress of the art of completely embittering the life of the person on whom she depends.