1
as in pistol
a very energetic person
the babysitter will have her hands full with those two little live wires
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as in powerhouse
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired
that new reporter on the police beat is a real live wire
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Recent Examples of live wire
And upon her return, Dana is a live wire.
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026
Place is a live wire 6 minutes before kickoff.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
As the person drove to the site, UI received four phone calls from the city of New Haven Fire Dispatch reporting that a live wire was down, PURA wrote.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
The new science is causing not just a technological sensation, but also a cultural one, twanging a live wire in the popular mind.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for live wire
Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026
Place is a live wire 6 minutes before kickoff.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
As the person drove to the site, UI received four phone calls from the city of New Haven Fire Dispatch reporting that a live wire was down, PURA wrote.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
The new science is causing not just a technological sensation, but also a cultural one, twanging a live wire in the popular mind.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for live wire
Recent Examples of Synonyms for live wire
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The seizures added up to about 420 grams of cocaine, $2,291 in cash, a rifle, four pistols, various magazines and ammunition, and digital scales and packaging materials believed to be used in narcotics distribution, the sheriff's office said.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
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At one point, the Challenger’s passenger threw an AR-style pistol out the window.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
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Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez shared that Hollywood’s historic buildings tell the story of how this neighborhood became a cultural and economic powerhouse known around the globe.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
20 June 2026
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Windows 11 Pro is engineered to work with your PC—not against it—so your system finally runs like the powerhouse it was built to be.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
20 June 2026
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Simmons was utterly dominant at LSU, a 6-foot-10 transition dynamo who was athletically superior to everyone around him.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
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Prince gave his first comment on the two dynamo’s diametric philosophies during conversations with New Yorker contributor Dan Piepenbring, co-writer of the artist’s unfinished, posthumous 2019 No. 1 New York Times best-selling memoir The Beautiful Ones.—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
7 June 2026
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“Live wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/live%20wire. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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