Examples of live wire in a Sentence
She's a real live wire.
the babysitter will have her hands full with those two little live wires
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The new science is causing not just a technological sensation, but also a cultural one, twanging a live wire in the popular mind.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
That'd essentially be a live wire, said Mark Goldstein, a Wisconsin attorney for Goldstein Law Group S.C., which specializes in employment and corporate law.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Critics after the screening agreed that when given a character perfectly tailored to his strengths (cocky sincerity, charismatic twerpiness), Timmy is a live wire.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Lucid Motors touches a lot of live wires in the 2025 economy: chips, AI, tariffs, industrial manufacturing, luxury spending, consumers’ views on Elon Musk, and the burgeoning but complicated ties between the US and the Gulf.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
That'd essentially be a live wire, said Mark Goldstein, a Wisconsin attorney for Goldstein Law Group S.C., which specializes in employment and corporate law.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Critics after the screening agreed that when given a character perfectly tailored to his strengths (cocky sincerity, charismatic twerpiness), Timmy is a live wire.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Lucid Motors touches a lot of live wires in the 2025 economy: chips, AI, tariffs, industrial manufacturing, luxury spending, consumers’ views on Elon Musk, and the burgeoning but complicated ties between the US and the Gulf.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Live wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20wire. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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