alive
Example Sentences
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A woman from the Borders says she is lucky to be alive after being rescued when she was crushed by cows in the Highlands.
From BBC
Assuming her son had perished in Italy, Eisenbeisser’s mother arranged a wake — only to have her son stroll into the ceremony very much alive, causing the woman to faint.
From Los Angeles Times
Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy said one person remains missing and two others were rescued alive.
From BBC
The Irish could have kept the rivalry alive with a scheduling tweak that would have helped both teams, but refused.
From Los Angeles Times
When a self-described patriotic, middle-aged Russian soldier was released from a prisoner-of-war camp in Ukraine earlier this year, he called his family to tell them he was alive, free and back on Russian soil.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
