live wire
Example Sentences
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Underneath the quiet sits a live wire: the “Magnificent Seven,” nearly left for dead after a punishing first half of 2026, but quietly coming back to life in the past two weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
Tessa makes for a captivating protagonist, one who is resourceful and resilient, sardonic and defiant: “A live wire, always throwing off sparks,” in the words of one character.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The power to the pylon should have been switched off while the work was carried out because it was impossible to maintain a safe working distance from the live wire, Cardiff Crown Court heard.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2024
The basement of a rowhouse in South Baltimore exploded Saturday morning due to the combustive combination of a live wire and leaking natural gas.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
Her harebrained live wire of a daughter, the perpetual overreactor, prone to fits of furious indignation about nothing at all.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
