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Meaning of for dear life

Wordnet

for dear life (r)

as though your life was at stake

for dear life Sentence Examples

  1. The drowning swimmer clung dear life to a piece of driftwood.
  2. As the car swerved off the road, the passengers held on dear life to the seatbelts.
  3. The mountain climbers gripped the rocky outcropping dear life as the storm raged around them.
  4. The newborn baby cried dear life, its cries piercing through the quiet hospital room.
  5. The hiker clung dear life to the edge of the cliff, his legs trembling with fear.
  6. The trapped animals fought dear life against the rising floodwaters.
  7. The soldiers dug into their foxholes dear life as the enemy advanced on their position.
  8. The firefighters worked dear life to extinguish the raging inferno.
  9. The earthquake victims were desperately clinging dear life to the rubble of their collapsed homes.
  10. The hostages held onto hope dear life, believing that their captors would eventually free them.

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as though your life was at stake

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The drowning swimmer clung dear life to a piece of driftwood.

As the car swerved off the road, the passengers held on dear life to the seatbelts.

The mountain climbers gripped the rocky outcropping dear life as the storm raged around them.

The newborn baby cried dear life, its cries piercing through the quiet hospital room.