Blood Runs Thicker Than Water
From the elderly to the infant, they all heard and felt the lifeline that made up their country, any country for that matter. the closing hymn ended with the creeping silence as their voices lowered.
Star Trek: Warrior - Book Two - "Atlantis"
The layer itself had helped to slow the descent of the ship into an abyss of pressure but eventually the lifeline would be cut and the ship with spiral down to crushing death.
Highball (2021)
Having once been a very small operation, catering to a specialty market in overhauling aircraft piston engines and propellers, the company became a critical lifeline once rob and joey got involved with the big piston pounders.
Hurricane Kim Chapter 24
A lifeline i offered to them after the mostly negative assurances the representative of boise and something that kenneth, poly, and a few mated spouses glommed onto eagerly.
Manhunt: Inflator Style Season 2 (Complete)
Kael didn't know what to do; he wouldn't be able to run even five yards before the bear was after him again, so he almost mindlessly climbed the steps up to the top of the stage, clutching the walkie-talkie in his paw as if it were his only lifeline.