real live

idiom

: actual
used for emphasis when speaking of a person as opposed to a recorded voice, a machine, etc.
I finally got to talk to a real live person.

Examples of real live in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There’s something about having to act opposite a real live penguin that seems to force the actors even more deeply into the present moment, into listening just a little bit more, into the fundamentals of acting is reacting. Beandrea July, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2024 And that is a real live bird appearing opposite Coogan, and not some CGI creation. Brent Lang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024 No this is not a drill, tandem cycling was a real live event at the 1924 Games (and for many years after). Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 2 Aug. 2024 He’s got a real live, sneaky arm, a lot of extension. Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for real live 

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“Real live.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/real%20live. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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