come to life
Example Sentences
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It was first time I was hearing everything, and so I think watching something finally come to life after such a long period of time is always going to throw you for a loop.
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
If the unthinkable could happen, if your family could vanish in a moment, why couldn’t a sculpture of a screecher come to life?
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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