alive

Example Sentences

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It is a distinction to which feminists are apparently alive, though one that may not have occurred to readers who have enjoyed the inner accounts of C.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Possibly alive: About 31% have shown activity on government data bases — such as tax, voting and marriage filings — after they were reported missing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Iranian authorities had immediately urged local people and tribesmen to join security forces in searching for the airman last Friday, realising the potential political and military value of capturing him alive.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Where long-simmered soups deepen gradually, these come alive all at once.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

It had been brittle and barely alive to begin with, like the fallen leaves of Deadwood.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman