look alive
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But the looks were on a dummy M3gan, and she didn’t look alive.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
For the uninitiated, makeup is essential on camera not so much to make you look better — though that’s a bonus — but to make you look alive.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
“They look alive, and that’s because they’re responsive to the people who look at them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2019
We wanted them to look alive and happy.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2019
The cliffs of blue ice lining our path take on a darker, more ominous color, and the frozen beasts inside them start to look alive.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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