stay alive

Example Sentences

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The first time she had been there, in 1944 at age 16, her mission was to stay alive and save her sister Magda.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Cal McMau’s feature directorial debut hardly reinvents the formula, but it does remind audiences what remains so sturdy about the premise of an ordinary man trying to stay alive behind bars.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Grace and Faith must work together, using their namesake virtues to outsmart the scoundrels and stay alive, and to say it’s far less effective than it was seven years ago is an understatement.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

In a new study, scientists at Northwestern University investigated how these small, wingless insects, which move across snowy surfaces to find mates and lay eggs, stay alive in freezing conditions.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Heading south to stay alive . . . passing us on the way .

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson