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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Survivors and 1st responders suffering from life threatening illness are dependent the treatment and medication this program provides.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
In doing so, music creates a cocoon of sound and an escape from life off the mat—a safe container where students can focus on their practice without interruption.
—Adam Husler, Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2025
But artists tend to work from life, with exceptions of course, from photographs or from models posing.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
In doing so, music creates a cocoon of sound and an escape from life off the mat—a safe container where students can focus on their practice without interruption.
—Adam Husler, Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2025
But artists tend to work from life, with exceptions of course, from photographs or from models posing.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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
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“From life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20life. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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