come to life
Example Sentences
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The conceit of “City Island: USA!” is that the landmarks themselves come to life.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Hearing it will help the dress come to life.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
It could have come to life as a lesser kind of Ferrari, a diminished derivative of one of the company’s mainline GT cars, with a turbocharged V8 under the hood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Software stocks have come to life, with the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF rising in eight of the last 10 sessions and finishing at the top of the range all 10 days.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
Once again I willed the sand to come to life above the circular door, and I barely had to pull the figure of Anansi into existence before the grooves in the floor blazed to life.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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