save lives

idiom

: to stop people from dying or being killed

If you donate blood, you might save a life.

The use of seat belts can save lives.

Examples of save lives in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One group of cars the requirement notably won’t apply to is emergency service vehicles, which are often forced to bypass speed limits to save lives or carry out police work. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 23 May 2024 Knowledge advantage can save lives, win wars and avert disaster. —

Frank Bajak, Fortune, 20 May 2024 Seat belts are easy tools that save lives, yet Ohio’s law allows police to ticket violators—and Ohio is the 10th worst for use in the country—only if they’re stopped for some other violation. —

Phil Elliott, TIME, 2 May 2024 And because fentanyl and xylazine have infiltrated street drugs, providing kits to test for the presence of those substances, can save lives. —

Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024 These plastics save lives, one decreed, featuring a girl in a hospital bed, wearing an oxygen mask. —

Lisa Song, ProPublica, 10 May 2024 As is the case in Chicago, the argument was made that slower speeds would save lives, and, indeed, the data does show that lower vehicular speeds mean that more pedestrians survive accidents with automobiles. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024 Unlike other spirits of legend, this ghost serves a wholly altruistic purpose: to save lives. —

Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 May 2024 But Tsai remained steadfast that the rule would save lives. —

Timmy Broderick, STAT, 3 May 2024

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