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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Nellie’s voice was a live wire sparking through the air.
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 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
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 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
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“Live wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20wire. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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