living thing

Example Sentences

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But the monarchy is about continuity; it is an accretion of what has come before as well as a living thing that responds to the present.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

“We’re monitoring in real time any real living thing coming in contact with that building,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Further, the disposal of pans poses significant dangers to the environment and, by extension, every living thing in it.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024

DNA and Cloning Every living thing has DNA – a special code that tells it how to grow.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 13, 2024

Of the billions and billions of species of living thing that have existed since the dawn of time, most–99.99 percent–are no longer around.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson