alive

Example Sentences

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Where long-simmered soups deepen gradually, these come alive all at once.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Zelensky said Trump's team were welcome to come to Kyiv, then shuttle to Moscow, to keep the peace process alive.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

"We must keep this ritual alive under all circumstances, even in the current situation and despite the distress we feel," Roya Abhari, 39, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Brown himself was captured alive and indicted for the capital crimes of murder, insurrection, and treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

They hadn’t been boiling very long when they started crawling out of the pot as if they were alive.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls