living soul

Idioms and Phrases

A person. For example, Every living soul in this town has a stake in the decision to ban smoking , or The place was empty—not a living soul to be found . [First half of 1600s]

Example Sentences

"Let's put it in context, when the pandemic hit there was not one person in the world who knew how to deal with it because there wasn't a living soul who had lived through a pandemic," he said.

From BBC

“My parents died alone, without any living soul to comfort them or to hold their hand in their last moments,” said Simon, condemning “that defendant” as evil and cowardly and urging the judge to show him no mercy.

From Seattle Times

Called the “living soul of fashion” by Wintour, Lagerfeld and his gifts were outsized.

From Seattle Times

But “despite the guns in the secret cutaway wall … despite the paramilitary esprit of his imaginary life … he never, ever hurt a living soul … I thought of him as the child of James Dean, Albert Camus, Ernest Hemingway, Keith Richards, Satan, G.I. Joe, and of course, Clint Eastwood.”

From Washington Post

“Mountain ranges so high and remote, no human had ever stepped on their soil. Caves so vast, no living soul had ever marveled at their crystals. His mother, Earth’s, ice-capped peaks glimmered gold in the glare of the fire snake’s father.”

From Literature

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