How to Use life-affirming in a Sentence

life-affirming

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• The Vibe: The simple but life-affirming joy of dancing with your besties.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2023
• Death cleaning is 'life-affirming' Don't think of death cleaning as the same as minimalism.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
• Watch a loving grandma, pup rescue, life-affirming news, and more below.
  — Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• Kate Troll did not, and this absorbing, compassionate and life-affirming book is the result.
  — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
• Poor Things, his latest and most life-affirming work, is no exception — and the Academy has taken notice.
  — Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
• No amount of dreaming compares to the life-affirming reality of a humpback breaching, tail slapping and barrel rolling up close.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2023
• Biro has written an unforgettable novel about connections over time, through war and displacement, with life-affirming twists of fate that change the lives of two strangers.
  — Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
• All that said, the sidelines can be a wonderful community gathering space and a life-affirming means to connect.
  — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• One person’s life-affirming mountain hike is another’s Sisyphean hell.
  — Tom Ford, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2023
• Mid-20th-century research into Crete’s cuisine is the basis for the life-affirming Mediterranean diet, which means seafood, meat, and snails from the island’s mountainous terrain, and plenty of fresh produce, grains, and legumes.
  — Shana Clarke, Saveur, 15 May 2024
• The thread’s original poster had asked for life-affirming movie recommendations.
  — Billy Perrigo, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
• Despite its bummer of a name, the organizing ethos that's about to sweep the nation is actually incredibly life-affirming.
  — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 4 May 2023
• The brain-dead do not usually respond to future life-affirming activities.
  — Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
• This is a hard look at the effects of childhood trauma, crime and punishment, and, on a more life-affirming note, some very tough kids, particularly one 14-year-old who led his friends out of the darkness but never really received his due.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2023
• This week, Humankind featured a loving grandma, a pup rescue, life-affirming news, airport therapy pets, and a girl skater making history.
  — Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• If Tolkien’s work is about the power of the light and people fighting against evil through goodness, give us more of that; keep going with the beautiful lighting and the life-affirming diversions into characters’ daily activities.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 May 2024
• See, getting married is a big event for anyone, but in many cultures, weddings are loaded with life-affirming significance for girls especially.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• As in the earlier show, the story concerns a medical professional who moves from the problematic city to the differently problematic but life-affirming countryside.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Aug 2024