Sentence examples for the living from inspiring English sources

The phrase "the living" can be used in written English.
It typically refers to people who are still alive, in contrast to those who are dead. For example, you might say, "The living should remember those who have died."

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the living

verb

To be alive; to have life.

  • He's not expected to live for more than a few months.

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Only for the living.

Is it the Living Room?

The living roots of sedge.

But the living word thrived.

Life is for the living.

Cemeteries, after all, are for the living.

Officers took the living twin into custody.

We are among the living dead.

"I am the living dead," she writes.

Gives the names of the living ones.

It is the living animal that corrupts.

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