alive and kicking
idiom
: healthy and active
She ran a marathon late in life, just to prove she was still alive and kicking.
—often used figurativelyAfter years of slow earnings, the industry is now alive and kicking.
Examples of alive and kicking in a Sentence
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For VdR’s new head of Industry Alice Burgin, the outstanding quality of the many projects this year are proof of a non-fiction landscape that is alive and kicking, and VdR-Industry’s crucial role within it.
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Lise Pedersen, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
Two years in a row, the Cinderella story is alive and kicking!
—The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
The fifth installment in the Evil Dead franchise is alive and kicking at this weekend's box office, making a solid debut with $23.5 million to claim second place, according to Comscore.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2023
And yet, the Rams’ playoff hopes are still alive and kicking.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
Despite the lake’s thickly frozen surface, the water beneath is alive and kicking.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
While many of us have embraced a paperless existence, the printer industry is still alive and kicking, making devices with better quality, smaller footprints, and less annoying ink cartridges.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 11 July 2023
But the erstwhile chain’s brand is alive and kicking in a new nostalgia play from collectibles maker Funko.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 June 2023
Fresh data on Friday confirmed that the labor market, indeed, is very much alive and kicking.
—WSJ, 2 June 2023
Lise Pedersen, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
Two years in a row, the Cinderella story is alive and kicking!
—The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
The fifth installment in the Evil Dead franchise is alive and kicking at this weekend's box office, making a solid debut with $23.5 million to claim second place, according to Comscore.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2023
And yet, the Rams’ playoff hopes are still alive and kicking.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
Despite the lake’s thickly frozen surface, the water beneath is alive and kicking.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
While many of us have embraced a paperless existence, the printer industry is still alive and kicking, making devices with better quality, smaller footprints, and less annoying ink cartridges.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 11 July 2023
But the erstwhile chain’s brand is alive and kicking in a new nostalgia play from collectibles maker Funko.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 June 2023
Fresh data on Friday confirmed that the labor market, indeed, is very much alive and kicking.
—WSJ, 2 June 2023
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“Alive and kicking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alive%20and%20kicking. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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