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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Your sweet escape from life’s chaos is just a few steps away—through your front or back door.
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Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2025
Former Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón asked a judge last year to change the brothers' sentence from life without the possibility of parole to 50 years to life.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
And in this exhibition, that freedom pulses through every thread, every shadow, and every map drawn from life’s encounters.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 12 Apr. 2025
The singer-songwriter’s anthemic tales of woe out of his hometown in northeast England have made Fender, 30, a bona fide superstar across the pond, where fans relate, in varying capacities, to songs about everything from life in public housing to growing suicide rates among young men in Britain.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2025
Former Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón asked a judge last year to change the brothers' sentence from life without the possibility of parole to 50 years to life.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
And in this exhibition, that freedom pulses through every thread, every shadow, and every map drawn from life’s encounters.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 12 Apr. 2025
The singer-songwriter’s anthemic tales of woe out of his hometown in northeast England have made Fender, 30, a bona fide superstar across the pond, where fans relate, in varying capacities, to songs about everything from life in public housing to growing suicide rates among young men in Britain.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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“From life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20life. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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