living thing
Example Sentences
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Also: It is “a living thing, and like the adoption of a new word, phrase or idiom, each innovation made money more useful; the more useful it was, the more used it became.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
"I suppose I convinced myself that it was all right for the time being because his marriage was not a living thing."
From BBC • Oct. 3, 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
The car was warm to the touch like a living thing.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
