from life

idiom

of a painting, drawing, etc.
: from looking at an actual person, object, etc.
drawings done from life rather than from photographs

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Even in the immediate aftermath of Agnes’ bad thing, Victor doesn’t shy away from life’s funny way of keeping up the absurd, the mundane, the ridiculous. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2025 Additionally, the sentences of Michelle West and Robin Peoples were commuted from life imprisonment. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Jan. 2025 Judge Anirban Das said circumstantial evidence had proved the charges against Roy and that the sentence, to be announced on Monday, would range from life in prison to the death penalty. Reuters, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025 The duo worked together through the end of the 2019 season, when Pearn retired from life as a crew chief. Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for from life 

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“From life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20life. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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