be alive
Example Sentences
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"I wouldn't be alive today, if it wasn't for you," Harp told the Republican National Convention in 2020.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“It will take years to remove so much rubble, to rebuild. Maybe we won’t be alive to know what happens.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
America used to be alive to this distinction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
It “seems to me a fine time to be alive, in this age of falling walls,” she asserted.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
“This makes it real? If it was real, whoever ate it would still be alive to tell you so.”
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
