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How to use alive in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective

Alive means having life; living; not dead. Example: “As long as the plant is alive, he will continue to water it.”

Examples of alive by meaning

adjectiveHaving life; living; not dead.

  • As long as the plant is alive, he will continue to water it.

adjectiveIn a state of action; in force or operation; existent.

  • to keep the fire alive
  • to keep the affections alive

adjectiveBusy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy.

  • Although quite dull during the day, the main street comes alive at night, with many bars and clubs opening.
  • First a solitary blackbird started up, and soon the whole forest was alive with birdsong.

adjectiveCarrying electrical current; energized.

  • DANGER: OVERHEAD CATENARY—WIRE IS ALIVE

adjectiveAware of; sensitive to.

  • We are alive to the ongoing potential for terrorist attacks.
  • We may be sure that the Church would be alive to the dangers of allowing the plays to be performed outside the sacred edifice.1925, Godfrey W. Mathews, The Chester Mystery Plays […] ., Liverpool: Edward Howell LTD, page 5
  • The railways are fully alive to the position, and are sparing neither effort nor expense to provide more attractive trains and to effect economies, but in such circumstances some curtailment of services is inevitable.1958 May, “Railway Difficulties in the U.S.A.”, in Railway Magazine, page 296

adjectiveSprightly; lively; brisk.

  • James Milner swung the ball over from a corner on the right and Sadio Mané, Liverpool’s most dangerous player, was alive in the six-yard area.2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)

adjectiveSusceptible, sensitive; easy to impress; having keen feelings, as opposed to apathy.

  • Beedel raised his slow, meditative eyes and wondered for the hundredth time at the strangely alive expression in the gaze that really seemed to meet his own.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

adjectiveOut of all living creatures.

  • The Whitest Boy Alive

More sentences with alive

  • The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.From the entry root
  • My Final Fantasy cart on the NES is still alive and kicking.From the entry cart
  • The rewards for bringing in badly wanted criminals are printed on 'dead or alive' posters.From the entry reward
  • He was unhappy when he was alive, but now he's at peace.From the entry at peace
  • We don't know how he's still alive after the accident, but somehow he is.From the entry somehow
  • If you think you’re getting out of this place alive, you are sadly mistaken, my friend.From the entry sadly
  • His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive.From the entry posthumous
  • Some people bungee jump to feel alive through the surge of adrenaline.From the entry adrenaline
  • Contrary to recent reports of her death, I can confirm that she is very much alive.From the entry very much
  • They believe they now have enough capital to boot up and stay alive until sales revenue begins.From the entry boot up
  • First a solitary blackbird started up, but soon the whole forest was alive with birdsong.From the entry start up
  • I'm lucky to be alive. The bus missed me by a whisker.From the entry by a whisker
  • All these self-driving and self-parking cars! What a time to be alive!From the entry self-parking
  • The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.From the entry lucky
  • They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.From the entry recover
  • Fortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive.From the entry fortunately
  • Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.From the entry get out
  • A crewed moonshot is an all-or-nothing affair: either they get to the moon and back alive, or they don't.From the entry all-or-nothing
  • So what is the game plan? We need to get everyone out of this alive, and I am clueless.From the entry game plan
  • They'd better look alive when the boss is passing by.From the entry look alive
  • During the bank robbery, every teller was told the same thing: "make with the cash if you want to stay alive."From the entry make with
  • We can but hope that he returns alive.From the entry can but hope
  • The store was working alive with impatient customers.From the entry working alive
  • I have satisfied myself that she is alive, and apparently well, and hiding in plain sight. Prudence prevents me from saying where.From the entry hide in plain sight
  • Look alive! The boss is coming.From the entry look alive
  • There's no such thing as formal apprenticeship in this industry. The only preparation you get is some basic training where you sink or swim while trying to look alive.From the entry basic training
  • Soon, the room was alive with people dancing and singing under a haze of blue strobe lights.2026 March 24, Chris Serres, Danny McDonald, Mable Chan, The Boston Globe, retrieved 31 May 2026. From the entry back and forth
  • Many of us like to ask ourselves, 'What would I do if I was alive during slavery?2024 February 26, Courtney Kube, Marlene Lenthang, Corky Siemaszko, quoting Aaron Bushnell, “U.S. Air Force member who set himself on fire…. From the entry Jim Crow

Meaning of alive

  1. adjective Having life; living; not dead.
  2. adjective In a state of action; in force or operation; existent.
  3. adjective Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy.

Full definition of alive

Questions about alive in a sentence

How do you use alive in a sentence?
Alive is used as an adjective. For example: “As long as the plant is alive, he will continue to water it.”
What is a short sentence with alive?
“The Whitest Boy Alive”
What does alive mean?
Alive means having life; living; not dead.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alive (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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