Can you donate an organ when alive?
Sam had been enough of a problem when alive.
In the case of bdelloids, it is even more problematic as they can only be determined when alive.
When alive, one slice linked the brain's two hemispheres, and the other processed long-term memories.
Some vaccines are effective only when alive and therefore potentially dangerous.
Like Johnson's, my poets would be dead and, like his, they would have enjoyed substantial reputations when alive.
Inside the jar a colorless gelatinous blob sloshes in clear liquid, its bell devoid of the lacy pattern it had when alive.
They had been sheltered from worldly reproach by their peculiarities when alive; in death, they took with them their habitat, and left nothing to anchor Auntie Mei.
When alive, the largest specimen probably weighed about 500 kg (about 1,100 pounds), roughly the same weight as a present-day cow.
The goats would have sold like hot cakes when alive, but it's probable that Mr. Fucile had some trouble disposing of their flesh.
Down at the barn, the dead swallow lies beside a wren I found this winter, its tail as sharply cocked, as impertinent, as it was when alive.
