life force

noun

Examples of life force in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Rogue can absorb the powers, memories and even life force of others through touch. Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024 In astrology, the sun symbolizes one’s ego, life force and physical identity, fundamentally influencing individual and collective expressions. Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024 Ineson is said to be playing Galactus, an intergalactic being who eats the life force of planets. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024 Feeling a renewal of energy animating your life force? USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024 In turn, the nobility gave a small portion of their own life force to nourish the gods. Kimberly H. Breuer, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024 To make that leap, people need to understand that the glow reflects a flurry of activity inside the plant, a signal of its literal life force. Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024 It’s considered the life force of all Habesha — northern Ethiopian — people. Belle Bakst, Allure, 12 Mar. 2024 In her earlier fiction, McCullers presented imagination positively—as the handmaiden to creativity, or as a kind of life force. Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of life force was in 1848

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“Life force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20force. Accessed 23 May. 2024.

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