come alive
idiom
1
: to become excited and filled with energy
The crowd came alive when the singer appeared on stage.
2
: to become filled with activity
This neighborhood is quiet during the day, but it comes alive at night.
3
: to become exciting or appealing
In her kitchen, Italian food comes alive.
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The Bears’ offense has come alive behind quarterback Sawyer Robertson, who has thrown for more than 1,500 yards this season with a growing connection to wideout Monaray Baldwin.
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Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Knightley and Pearce coast and their characters never come alive and resort to doing silly things at this misfire’s absurd, regrettable finale.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Although Dunmore’s fictionalization of their conflict elides some of the very real historical stakes for British women, the couple’s genuine tenderness, in between and even during their arguments, makes the story—and their eventual relationship—truly come alive.
—Karen Ostergren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
There are also all-white models of its first retail location on Paris’ Rue de Richelieu and its flagships in Seoul, London and New York’s SoHo, which all come alive with sounds evoking each locale.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
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Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Knightley and Pearce coast and their characters never come alive and resort to doing silly things at this misfire’s absurd, regrettable finale.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Although Dunmore’s fictionalization of their conflict elides some of the very real historical stakes for British women, the couple’s genuine tenderness, in between and even during their arguments, makes the story—and their eventual relationship—truly come alive.
—Karen Ostergren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
There are also all-white models of its first retail location on Paris’ Rue de Richelieu and its flagships in Seoul, London and New York’s SoHo, which all come alive with sounds evoking each locale.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Come alive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20alive. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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