look alive
Example Sentences
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For the uninitiated, makeup is essential on camera not so much to make you look better — though that’s a bonus — but to make you look alive.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2022
If Larrimore’s women don’t quite look alive, it’s because their life force has diffused into the landscapes around them, or even into the rough weave of her canvases, clearly visible through unvarnished paint.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021
We wanted them to look alive and happy.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2019
And throughout, Hughes keeps finding ways to make their bland suburban school look alive.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2017
The cliffs of blue ice lining our path take on a darker, more ominous color, and the frozen beasts inside them start to look alive.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
