alive
adjective
half-alive
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a word derived from
alive.
Example Sentences
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At a pre-sentence hearing a fortnight ago, Wilkinson described feeling "half-alive" after the death of his "beautiful wife" and losing his two best friends.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Half-born, half-alive, half-remembered, half-forgotten—shadow children who vanished into the lilac hedge or slipped between the bars of the cattle guards.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2018
In the meantime, he’s only half-alive and his reanimated body has an expiration date of just a few days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2018
It is a pallid, half-alive, eerily beautiful—much like winter itself.
From Slate ● May 17, 2016
Flickering torchlight danced across the walls, making the faces seem half-alive, twisting them, changing them.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
