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.
  • But there might still be a lifeline.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The aid is the last lifeline that many renters can grab on to.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 30 July 2021
  • Youth work is a lifeline for many young people.
    — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Teams who needn't use it won't have to, and teams in dire need of one, gets a lifeline.
    — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
  • These are not anecdotes but lifelines.
    — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The state has thrown a two-month lifeline to drivers to get used to the loss.
    — Pat Maio, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
  • For them, play is not a simple pastime but a lifeline.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
  • There are many ways to show support and be a lifeline for others.
    — Revathi Advaithi, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
  • For Aguilar, that support is a lifeline.
    — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • In a wildfire, that car might be your only lifeline.
    — Gio Insignares, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Now, after more than three years, the lifeline is being pulled away.
    — Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • Soumah saw wrestling as a lifeline, a means to change the family's life.
    — Gerald Imray, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
  • More than a scenic backdrop, the ocean is the island’s lifeline.
    — Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • For her, heat therapy has been a lifeline.
    — Cheyenne Buckingham, SELF, 24 Oct. 2025
  • That timeout was their lifeline, their only chance to get the ball back if the play failed.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Her career is her paycheck, and her lifeline.
    — Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The internet was a lifeline for them.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Taveras unleashed a lifeline in a high-leverage spot, late in a game and with a full count.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That economic lifeline has now been cut.
    — Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 7 May 2026
  • The diffuser piece will be your lifeline.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
  • With his life in a downward spiral, the case become a lifeline for him.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Thornburg’s plan is to mark the lifeline in the scarf in a more permanent way.
    — Caitlin Huson, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Trump has portrayed the deployment as a lifeline for the city.
    — Gary Fields, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • Some firms now think returning to these roots could offer a lifeline.
    — Sam Meredith,joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
  • For many, Glut’s bulk bins went from a charming anachronism to a lifeline.
    — Washington Post, 14 June 2021
  • Their range is modest, at about 300 feet, but in the war, that is a lifeline.
    — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 31 May 2022

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