come alive
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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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Eighth Round - Griffin 10-8 (Griffin 77-74) Griffin has come alive.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Han says the contrasts between characters come alive through Maillot’s choreography.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
The streets will come alive with the Juneteenth Freedom Day Parade and Picnic kicking off at 3 pm3 pm.
—Essence, 19 June 2025
However, this approach requires that scientists figure out how the brain creates thoughts – how collections of thousands to millions of neurons come together to perform the computations that make the human mind come alive.
—Dobromir Rahnev, The Conversation, 23 May 2025
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Han says the contrasts between characters come alive through Maillot’s choreography.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
The streets will come alive with the Juneteenth Freedom Day Parade and Picnic kicking off at 3 pm3 pm.
—Essence, 19 June 2025
However, this approach requires that scientists figure out how the brain creates thoughts – how collections of thousands to millions of neurons come together to perform the computations that make the human mind come alive.
—Dobromir Rahnev, The Conversation, 23 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for come alive
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“Come alive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20alive. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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