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
  • The Star Ferry grew to become part of the lifeblood of Hong Kong.
    — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • As Silvia explained, deposits are the lifeblood of a bank.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Microchips are in many ways the lifeblood of the modern economy.
    — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Reinforcements are needed on the O-line, the lifeblood of the Titans.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Those exports are the lifeblood of the Russian economy.
    — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Will tourism, the lifeblood of this island, ever return to normal?
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • That leads to the moments of misdirection that are the lifeblood of funny novels.
    — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2022
  • New York’s subways and buses are overseen by the state, giving the governor a crucial role in the lifeblood of the city.
    — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Somewhere along the way, the big players in the sport forgot that tradition is the lifeblood of college football.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • The citizens of Pernik have a very raw sense of humor which often can be shocking, but has lifeblood to it.
    — Emiliano Granada, Variety, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The stocked farm system is the lifeblood of the Orioles’ organization.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Salmon and the Klamath River are the lifeblood of our culture and our community.
    — Catrin Einhorn Thea Traff, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Biotin, sometimes referred to as vitamin B7, is the lifeblood of skin, nail and hair health.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 May 2022
  • Looming for the women’s tourney is a full discussion — or new deal — for TV rights, the lifeblood for hundreds of schools.
    — oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2022
  • These partnerships have been the lifeblood of our amazing success.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2023
  • There’s a good chance that your enterprise software systems—the lifeblood of your business—will play a crucial role in the OCM process.
    — Prateek Chakravarty, Forbes, 30 June 2022
  • The city’s transit system, New York City’s lifeblood, has been slower to come back than much of pre-pandemic life.
    — WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Tourism, once the lifeblood of the Sri Lankan economy, has evaporated, first hit by the Covid pandemic and then by the turmoil.
    — New York Times, 11 July 2022
  • Only now are tourists, the lifeblood of the tango economy, trickling back into the country.
    — Anita Pouchard Serra, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022

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