| Kenniston, unable to turn from the life-or-death business of threading the swarm, heard the Jovian fighting furiously. |
| In one occurrence, although it was not a life-or-death situation, it was definitely a threatening one, with four people waiting for my wife and me in a dark metro station at midnight. |
| I felt ashamed that I, a pre-med student, was nothing more than a meddling bystander during this life-or-death struggle. |
| What McEvoy uncovers is not just a big story, but a life-or-death situation involving an especially devious serial killer. |
| This country is in a life-or-death struggle. |
| Brigham struck out as if he comprehended that this was a life-or-death matter. |
