alive

Example Sentences

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“I have patients who have been treated with this drug that are still alive today who would otherwise be dead,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

One keeps memories alive through speaking about the person; the other preserves it through silence - but both are now trying to build lives around what is no longer there.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

It is testament to the long-term value of Weiss’ strategy that her newsletter is still alive and well, edited in recent decades by Kelley Wright External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

The legal project has revealed - through a match with the man's mother's cousin, whose DNA had been uploaded to Ancestry.com - that in fact her father is alive and living in the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

‘See if you can get your family to open up a bit. You’d be surprised what you can find out if you dig deep enough. Are your grandparents still alive?’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler