living thing

God kills every living thing (non-fish, non-Noah category) in a global flood.

As far as he was concerned, language was a living thing that was constantly changing—and this was just as it should be.

Step back a few inches, though, and paint, just like that, becomes a living thing.

The next time I go to use it, my ricotta has turned into a Petri dish and is now the only other living thing in my apartment.

It curled and twisted in the embers as if it had been a living thing; a puff of smoke, a pungent odour, and it was gone.

The road ran straight for over a half-mile behind them, and not a living thing showed upon it.

It held and caressed her body, almost as if it were an affectionate living thing that knew of her present desire.

And thus all the earth children learned that there is one Great Mother of every living thing, and that all are brothers.

Every living thing stirs in its sleep,—birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.