be alive
Example Sentences
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Has there ever been a better time and a better place to be alive?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall says she is "lucky and blessed to be alive" after being involved in a car crash.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nepal's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said he still hoped some of the thousands missing could be alive.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
By 2100, roughly 230 million people 90 or older could be alive worldwide, increasing the need for better information about how the brain ages in this rapidly growing population.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
"How can he be alive, this boy named Sik? It must be magic; it must be a trick."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
