How to Use alive and kicking in a Sentence

alive and kicking

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• Two years in a row, the Cinderella story is alive and kicking!
  — The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
• Flip the page, though, and Henry seems to be alive and kicking.
  — Troy Jollimore, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2020
• And yet, the Rams’ playoff hopes are still alive and kicking.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
• This is a fun, on-the-ground story about a place whose history is alive and kicking.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 11 June 2015
• Nichols is the first new blues act signed to the Fat Possum in over two decades, all part of his (and the label’s) quest to ensure the genre is alive and kicking.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2021
• Indeed, coach Gregg Popovich and the Spurs are glad to see their own postseason hopes still alive and kicking.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 9 Aug. 2020
• With a few minutes left in the episode, it is revealed that Detective Howard is alive and kicking.
  — Kyesha Jennings, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2021
• La Russa and Baker are alive and kicking, and both recently returned to the game with ready-to-win teams.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2021
• In a matter of minutes, the incredible Texas A&M season had gone from on the verge of ending to alive and kicking.
  — Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2021
• But the erstwhile chain’s brand is alive and kicking in a new nostalgia play from collectibles maker Funko.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 June 2023
• But the erstwhile chain’s brand is alive and kicking in a new nostalgia play from collectibles maker Funko.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 June 2023
• Despite the lake’s thickly frozen surface, the water beneath is alive and kicking.
  — Anil Ananthaswamy, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
• Inescapable at the sharp ends of society, alive and kicking in the game’s postcolonial setting.
  — Laurence Russell, Wired, 7 June 2021
• Moore hopes this year’s visit will show the community that Town Center is still alive and kicking.
  — Andy Peters, ajc, 17 Feb. 2021
• At the same time, for those plants that will still be alive and kicking past 2035, advance planning can help ward off the impacts of premature closures.
  — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2020
• Fresh data on Friday confirmed that the labor market, indeed, is very much alive and kicking.
  — WSJ, 2 June 2023
• Two conservative social media sites show the fad is still alive and kicking—at least more than some people may have expected.
  — Fortune, 20 May 2021
• Overall, the question of getting AI startups to embrace AI ethics is still alive and kicking in the autonomous vehicles and self-driving cars space.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
• Rotarian Frank Borysevicz, who has chaired the sale for most of those years, said the network of Rotary members and their friends and coworkers has expanded over the years, and the word-of-mouth has kept the tradition of the sale alive and kicking.
  — Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2022
• The fifth installment in the Evil Dead franchise is alive and kicking at this weekend's box office, making a solid debut with $23.5 million to claim second place, according to Comscore.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2023
• The fifth installment in the Evil Dead franchise is alive and kicking at this weekend's box office, making a solid debut with $23.5 million to claim second place, according to Comscore.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2023
• Tuesday’s report was taken on Wall Street as a sign that despite worries over inflation and the Federal Reserve’s effort to slow the economy, the consumers are alive and kicking.
  — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 17 May 2022
• While many of us have embraced a paperless existence, the printer industry is still alive and kicking, making devices with better quality, smaller footprints, and less annoying ink cartridges.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 11 July 2023

Last Updated: 16 Oct 2024