living thing
Example Sentences
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Though he knew “the dead bird was not the bird,” exploring it quickened the author’s desire to encounter the living thing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
I see architecture as a living thing, and this was like seeing a puppy that was not being taken care of.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 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
DNA and Cloning Every living thing has DNA – a special code that tells it how to grow.
From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 13, 2024
Once in the glass, as dark as blood, the Bordeaux seems almost as though it is a living thing.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
