living thing
Example Sentences
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“We’re monitoring in real time any real living thing coming in contact with that building,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
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
While there may be something else out there packing a bigger genetic punch, botanists believe these plants are at the upper end of how much DNA a living thing can have.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024
They saw no living thing, and not a bird was in the sky; but what the night would bring, if it caught them in that lost land, none of them cared to think.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
