come to life
IdiomsExample Sentences
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I didn’t speak, the pictures of that night coming to life in my mind like I was there, too, instead of tucked safely away in my bed and sleeping.
From Literature
But for Moylan, the real prize was seeing his idea come to life.
“And forests don’t operate on human timescales, and they don’t operate the way humans do, especially when it comes to life and death.”
From Los Angeles Times
"We've got to go make it come to life right now. We can't be sitting around telling how sweet we are to everybody."
From Barron's
I wanted to fold in all these things that feel magical, like gnomes coming to life, but not have George be surprised by them.
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