How to Use life-affirming in a Sentence

life-affirming

adjective
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  • The Vibe: The simple but life-affirming joy of dancing with your besties.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2023
  • In the film, BJ heads there for a comeback gig at the venue to then make a life-affirming decision.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2024
  • So why not write something which is hopeful, which is life-affirming?!
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Don't let the material intimidate readers and viewers; both the book and the movie are life-affirming odes to surviving with grace.
    — and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 30 July 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
  • Google’s ad seems to imply that these life-affirming moments are also something to be avoided—or at least made pleasingly more efficient—through the use of AI.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 30 July 2024
  • 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
  • To many fans, such stanzas are life-affirming poetry or, at the very least, quotable enough to adorn shirts and throw pillows and Stanley cups as crystallizations of their own identity.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • The show, with soulful life-affirming music and lyrics by the Avett Brothers tells the story of a crew of sailors on a longtime whaling expedition who are placed in the most harrowing circumstances.
    — Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Reaching the summit was an emotional and life-affirming moment.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 17 Jan. 2025
  • To boot, the story is genuinely affecting, as Schmidt and Jenko’s relationship builds and morphs into a bona fide life-affirming friendship.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Online, Swifties collectively grieved the cancelation of the shows and the fact that such evil could disrupt a potentially life-affirming event but generally agreed that safety comes first.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2024
  • This book takes a topic that is harrowing for so many — a cancer diagnosis and the need for a stem cell transplant — and builds a life-affirming and empowering story about the power of choosing happiness for oneself.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 24 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Flashbacks include challenging subjects like depression, grief and abuse, but in Grimaldi’s sensitive hands, the novel is a life-affirming look at how love and dedication can overcome pain and heal scars.
    — Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 19 July 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
  • Instead, the film is more concerned with reflecting the life-affirming qualities of people perpetually erased.
    — Killian Wright-Jackson, Essence, 29 July 2024
  • That ruling, delivered by Justice Samuel Alito, affirmed the humanity of the human embryo and fetus and ushered in a new era of life-affirming laws for unborn children across America.
    — Brooke Stanton, National Review, 24 June 2024

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