be alive with
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, Khan will bring top-tier professional boxing to Nigeria for the first time on the country's Independence Day, when the streets of Lagos will be alive with parades, music and national pride.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
“It’s a blessing to be alive with my children and grandchildren. It was a blessing to not lose my life in there,” Ricks said of prison.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2022
Their eyes might be alive with anxiety or dead with remorse, but they gaze at the waves, as if silently telling their secrets to the ocean.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2019
If you’re lucky, it will be alive with turbaned extras, white horses and adorned camels re-enacting a scene from a historical drama in the floodlit courtyard.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2018
I wanted her to be alive with me.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
