1922 G. S. Hall i. 12 This life-affirming motif was always in conflict with the thought of death, which in later years became an obsession.
1947 A. Einstein xii. 165 He became a priest, the ‘Abbé Liszt’, who sought in Rome a sort of defense against his overflowing, life-affirming virtuosity.
2005 A. Smith 198 I mean, the Genuines formula is life-affirming, because they affirm life, don't they?