How to Use lifeline in a Sentence

lifeline

noun

• The river is the town's lifeline.
• They threw a lifeline to the man overboard.
• The radio was their lifeline to the outside world.
• The new jobs were an economic lifeline for a city in need of help.
• Their range is modest, at about 300 feet, but in the war, that is a lifeline.
  — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 31 May 2022
• These can be a lifeline for you or a loved one who don’t know where to turn for help.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
• Young Seydoux did have a lifeline there, a 7-year-old cousin who was born in the U.S.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022
• The pause in repayment has been a lifeline keeping the 25-year-old afloat.
  — Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
• Thornburg’s plan is to mark the lifeline in the scarf in a more permanent way.
  — Caitlin Huson, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
• This connection has been a lifeline for her over the years.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• In the midst of a crisis, great late-night TV can feel like catharsis, even a kind of lifeline.
  — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
• Hospitals that have served as the area’s main lifeline have moved to the center of the conflict.
  — WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
• But food banks and the WIC program have been a crucial lifeline.
  — Steven A. Abrams, Chron, 12 May 2022
• Lynette Ebberts, 66, said that for her, ketamine was a lifeline.
  — Lauren Dunn, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2023
• The Club has been a lifeline to some young friends of our family in recent years.
  — John Pana, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022
• The collapse severed the economic lifeline in and out of the region.
  — Colin Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2023
• In 2018 the Houthis nearly lost their economic lifeline, the port of Hodeidah on the Red Sea coast.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
• But in the past few years, Andrea has had no choice — her parents are her lifeline.
  — Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024
• In the daily scramble to get dinner on the table, ready-to-eat food is a lifeline.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
• With his life in a downward spiral, the case become a lifeline for him.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 2 Sep. 2022
• By fourteen, Kim left the house and men became her lifeline as a means of survival and self-worth.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
• Now, after more than three years, the lifeline is being pulled away.
  — Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
• Despite the grime, chaos and noise, for Cindy Herr, 62, Sullivan has been a lifeline.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2023
• The small trees, which look so innocuous, have in fact become a lifeline.
  — Mary Holland, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2023
• Still, First Republic’s lifeline might not be enough to keep it afloat.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 19 Mar. 2023
• Your phone is always with you and can be a lifeline in an emergency.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022
• Begun as a lark, the crop circles provide them a lifeline.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 13 May 2022
• The merger to go public with Truth Social could serve as Trump’s lifeline.
  — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
• This is the second time the program — initially set to expire in July — has been thrown a lifeline.
  — Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
• The deal is seen as a lifeline in particular for Nissan, which has been slashing jobs and production amid faltering sales.
  — River Akira Davis, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Jan 2025