How to Use alive in a Sentence

alive

adjective
  • It feels great to be alive.
  • We need to keep hope alive.
  • The team needs to win tonight in order to stay alive in the play-offs.
  • The sheriff was ordered to find the killer and bring him back alive.
  • I love to sail because it makes me feel so alive.
  • The patient was barely alive.
  • He managed to stay alive for a week without any food.
  • The patient is being kept alive by artificial means.
  • The dream of the '90s will be alive in Rogers next summer.
    — Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The Comets kept their hopes alive and got the game to overtime.
    — Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
  • When the books are read though the AR/VR devices, the books come alive.
    — Derek Newton, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Five of the patients were still alive during the study and were in their 50s.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The one who keeps them alive and in turn draws his own life force.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Disco & Cocktail Club, the dream of the 1970s is alive and well.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The fish, still alive, would likely fight on to try to spawn.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022
  • And besides, Reyes doesn’t have to kill the Ghost — just bring them back alive.
    — Joe Leydon, Variety, 8 May 2025
  • The shades together feel alive, but not too on the nose.
    — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The path to greatness might change but the vision is still alive.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Green tissue in the middle means the grass is still alive.
    — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2024
  • My mom and dad are still alive; all of them are Mormon.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024
  • But look, now the river’s clean and the banks are alive with trees, small parks and restaurants.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
  • This celeb dad knows how to have fun and keep the nostalgia alive.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 17 Oct. 2023
  • His dad, Cecil Garvin, learned Hoocąk as a child, and is one of the few still alive who did.
    — Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Can the Jaguars take care of business and keep their playoff hopes alive?
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Hailey Van Lith has come alive and has scored 20 or more points in five of the last six games.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The objects are alive because the space is alive because the grays are alive.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Both of their teams remain alive in the playoffs this week as well.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 9 Nov. 2022
  • In either case, the grass might look and feel dead, but the crown and roots are likely still alive.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2024
  • These airlines are keeping them alive The good news is, both services are due to be on an A380.
    — Edward Russell, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
  • The report arrives as Apple fights to keep this income stream alive.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 9 May 2025

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