alive
Example Sentences
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"She keeps the colony alive, so understanding how pesticides can affect queen bees and also her offspring is important."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Mel Brooks has been watching movies for about as long as anyone alive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the meantime, it doesn’t hurt to mull over other ways to help foster an appreciation for delayed gratification — in ways you’d be able to see and appreciate while you’re alive.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
“The Rhône is a land of olive oil,” he writes, “the Rhine a pasture full of butter, the Po alive with the aromas of Parmesan and prosciutto.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Maybe that was the only way of keeping our hopes alive, by looking beyond all we were seeing around us, and the shadow of disaster that hung over us.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
