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Synonyms

alive to

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


Example Sentences

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Alive to injustice, he worried — like so many young people today — about a wider descent into chaos and violence.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020

Alive to the drama of the story, Brown analyzed it, connecting it with other conflicts to identify an overarching Western Civil War of Incorporation.

From New York Times • May 26, 2020

In the event, the snowstorm made it difficult for Team Alive to even take note of the weapons, and Team Dead squandered one of its biggest advantages.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2019

“Buying one bottle of Midnight Recovery Concentrate enables Keep a Child Alive to provide one month of HIV care, medicines and love to a child living with HIV.”

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2013

Alive to his own indirectness, he was conscious at once of the slight sign of reservation, and said: 'Tell me...' and swerved sheer away from his question: 'how is Madame d'Auffray?'

From Beauchamp's Career — Complete by Meredith, George