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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Gascón’s office will ask a Los Angeles judge to lower their sentences from life without the possibility of parole to 50 years to life.
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Kate Aurthur, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
Four days after the tragedy, from the children’s hospital where Callan had just been removed from life support, Pat appealed to the public on a GoFundMe page that had been set up for medical bills and funeral expenses.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Loosely brushed, the portrait was surely painted from memory, not from life.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
The photographer’s gaze is on their faces, on that single moment on their path from life to death.
—Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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Kate Aurthur, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
Four days after the tragedy, from the children’s hospital where Callan had just been removed from life support, Pat appealed to the public on a GoFundMe page that had been set up for medical bills and funeral expenses.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Loosely brushed, the portrait was surely painted from memory, not from life.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
The photographer’s gaze is on their faces, on that single moment on their path from life to death.
—Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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“From life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20life. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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