How to Use lifeblood in a Sentence

lifeblood

noun
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  • The neighborhoods are the lifeblood of this city.
  • The town's lifeblood has always been its fishing industry.
  • Dancers in the WeChat group said Mr. Ma was the lifeblood of the studio.
    — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Players who aren't the stars but are still the lifeblood of the sport.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Hearn said the return of fans was vital to the lifeblood of the sport.
    — John Whisler, ExpressNews.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Water is the lifeblood of this place and all of West Texas.
    — Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Just as sap is the lifeblood of the maple tree, maple syrup is the lifeblood of Canada.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The Star Ferry grew to become part of the lifeblood of Hong Kong.
    — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Yes-and-no questions like this are in some ways the lifeblood of Kalshi.
    — Declan Harty, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Cash is the lifeblood of the small business or startup.
    — Bernhard Schroeder, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Of course, water is the lifeblood of our state and district.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • And fresh talent, in any era, is the lifeblood of a thriving art form.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2020
  • General stores are the lifeblood of small towns, in good times and in bad.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Soon the dairy lost its contract with the Springfield schools – its lifeblood.
    — oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Those conversations have long been part of the lifeblood of the game.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Subways and buses are the lifeblood of dense cities like New York.
    — Aarian Marshall, Wired, 14 Dec. 2020
  • But our team in Glendale is the lifeblood of the company.
    — Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
  • Along the way, Twitch has mostly maintained the good will of the streamers who are its lifeblood.
    — Kellen Browning, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Coffee was his lifeblood through years in the service and then his job.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • That link between memory and ghosts and between ghosts and the past, that is the lifeblood of the show.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Covid meant that competition—the lifeblood of the sport—was put on hold.
    — Martina Navratilova, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Will Venice one day have to cut itself off from the waters that are its lifeblood?
    — Emma Bubola Laetitia Vancon, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Now is not the time to withhold the lifeblood that young people can bring to the economy.
    — Dan Rosensweig, Fortune, 2 June 2021
  • Sales Volume Sales are the lifeblood that keeps the heart of your business beating.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Gatherings are, of course, the lifeblood of the economy.
    — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2022
  • This is the lifeblood of golf, not any one player or even small fields limited to the stars.
    — Doug Ferguson, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Small businesses are the lifeblood of our district and deserve the right tools to thrive.
    — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • As Silvia explained, deposits are the lifeblood of a bank.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 4 Mar. 2023
  • With that comes a barn, an apartment and four old stores, which were the lifeblood of the small country town south of Nashville.
    — Brinley Hineman, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Microchips are in many ways the lifeblood of the modern economy.
    — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022

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