Alive in a sentence as an adjective

75,000 men were convicted under the same law, of whom 26,000 are still alive.

That might be ok for your skin, liver, or spleen - they are going to be unhappy but still alive.

No one enduring the stress of a terminal cancer should have to stress about getting ends to meet during their last months alive.

The original US copyright act protected works for 14 years and was renewable for an additional 14 if the author was alive.

It may be theoretically possible to create some processed food that's on par with the nutrition of whole foods, but I doubt that anyone alive today knows how to do it.

You spend money you can't afford on things you don't "need" because you need just something, anything, to make it feel like you are actually alive and not just some "thing", only there to feed on the remains you can come across.

Quite often though industry biases will engage and they'll be put on duty keeping some legacy system alive because their deep knowledge of the system lets the company put 1 guy maintaining half a million lines of code in perpetuity vs. 10 young guys maintaining the same, who all wanting to leave after a few years to build more skills.

Alive definitions

adjective

possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"

See also: live

adjective

(often followed by `with') full of life and spirit; "she was wonderfully alive for her age"; "a face alive with mischief"

adjective

having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"

See also: animated

adjective

(followed by `to' or `of') aware of; "is alive to the moods of others"

adjective

in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition"

See also: active

adjective

mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"

See also: alert

adjective

capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"

See also: live