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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Alcazar is a live wire who gives the production its energy.
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
In 2018, a live wire broke free from a 100-year-old transmission tower in high winds and sparked the Camp fire, which killed scores of people and destroyed the town of Paradise in Northern California.
—Ivan Penn, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Rita Hills Blanc de Noirs This wine is a live wire of tension and freshness, with faint scents of brioche and Fuji apple, the mid-palate flavors juicy and mouthwatering.
—Patrick Comiskey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
The Johnson County Museum of History and Franklin Daily Journal collected alumni memories of Christmas plays, pitch-in dinners and even one boy's recollection of running a live wire from the basement gas engine to a classroom door — which ended up shocking the principal.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
In 2018, a live wire broke free from a 100-year-old transmission tower in high winds and sparked the Camp fire, which killed scores of people and destroyed the town of Paradise in Northern California.
—Ivan Penn, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Rita Hills Blanc de Noirs This wine is a live wire of tension and freshness, with faint scents of brioche and Fuji apple, the mid-palate flavors juicy and mouthwatering.
—Patrick Comiskey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
The Johnson County Museum of History and Franklin Daily Journal collected alumni memories of Christmas plays, pitch-in dinners and even one boy's recollection of running a live wire from the basement gas engine to a classroom door — which ended up shocking the principal.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Live wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20wire. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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