come alive

Frequency: 7.09.5 per million words

For a place, event, or person to become suddenly active, interesting, or exciting.

aliveVERB + alive

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come

Examples (10)

  • The city comes alive at night with all its twinkling lights.
  • The party really came alive after the band started playing.
  • Her face came alive with excitement when she talked about her trip.
  • As the sun set, the normally quiet beach came alive with bonfires and music.
  • The historical characters in the novel really come alive through the author's vivid descriptions.
  • The stadium will come alive with the roar of the crowd on game day.
  • The garden seems to come alive in the spring when all the flowers bloom.
  • Ever since the new art gallery opened, the whole neighborhood has come alive.
  • His eyes came alive as he recognized his old friend in the crowd.
  • The debate came alive when the candidates began to challenge each other directly.