alive to
Example Sentences
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The Graybills are among a growing rank of parents who are forgoing inheritances in favor of doling out money to family while they are still alive to see it do some good.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
It then changed the instructions, according to the Associated Press, after local police issued a statement asking the public to capture and turn in American pilots alive to security agencies to “receive a precious prize.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Pepe was the only one alive to the moment in there.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The DUP minister said he was "alive to the implications of overspending" and its ramifications in future years.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
The idiom brings to mind the menacing gape of a predator, reinforcing our gratitude for being alive: to come into existence we narrowly escaped a mortal threat, namely the high odds against it.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
