alive to

1. Aware of, conscious of, as in The social worker was alive to all of the mother's worries. [Mid-1700s]

Example Sentences

Schneider said he and many of those active in the Yiddish scene are alive to the "danger of becoming really wrapped in a ball of nostalgia and wistfulness".

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The author burrowed into lexicographical lore, adjusting to the “musky” smell of old paper, but was alive to the need to register the zeitgeist.

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"Yet we must also be alive to the fact that China does present us with opportunities. It is the world's second largest economy".

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The key is to communicate with the kids while you’re alive, to explain the reasoning behind your inheritance decisions.

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He was still connected, in love and life and memory, with his dead — but still alive to him — wife.

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