living thing
Example Sentences
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“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
I see architecture as a living thing, and this was like seeing a puppy that was not being taken care of.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025
Gove described the UK as a "living thing" and added that politicians had to continually demonstrate that the union was working.
From BBC • May 17, 2025
Further, the disposal of pans poses significant dangers to the environment and, by extension, every living thing in it.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024
I never feared the night, not even as a child, but Blackcliff s night is different, heavy with a silence that makes you look over your shoulder, a silence that feels like a living thing.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
