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How to Use "Alive" with Example Sentences

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Used with verbs:

"The injured person is alive."
(be: is/am/are, remains, be + found)

"The hostages feared they would not get out alive."
(get out, escape, make it out)

"The criminal was captured alive."
(be + captured, be + found, be + discovered, be + taken in)

"My grandmother came alive when I took her dancing."
(came, seemed, felt)

Used with adverbs:

"She is truly alive."
(truly, very, very much, fully, barely, only half)

"The city became suddenly alive when the parade started."
(suddenly, very, quite)

Used with prepositions:

"He is still alive with a small chance of survival."
(with)

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