living thing
Example Sentences
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“We’re monitoring in real time any real living thing coming in contact with that building,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
“And it’s sad that people just don’t care about another living thing because they think it doesn’t belong there.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Gove described the UK as a "living thing" and added that politicians had to continually demonstrate that the union was working.
From BBC • May 17, 2025
Further, the disposal of pans poses significant dangers to the environment and, by extension, every living thing in it.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024
“It means the spiral on the shell is made in perfect proportion. Don’t you ever see a living thing and wonder how it was made?”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
