How to Use live wire in a Sentence
live wire
noun
- She's a real live wire.
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Cables knocked to the street from the crash were not live wires.
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Tom Hallman,
oregonlive,
1 Sep. 2023
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And then, there were these live wires from all the cables on the ground.
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Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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The officer arrived to find the pole on the ground with live wires on the street.
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cleveland,
13 Mar. 2020
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Chick is the live wire: the needy and oblivious one, the drama queen.
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Wsj Books Staff,
WSJ,
23 June 2021
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Chick is the live wire: the needy and oblivious one, the drama queen.
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Wsj Books Staff,
WSJ,
23 June 2021
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Chick is the live wire: the needy and oblivious one, the drama queen.
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Wsj Books Staff,
WSJ,
23 June 2021
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Chick is the live wire: the needy and oblivious one, the drama queen.
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Wsj Books Staff,
WSJ,
23 June 2021
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Chick is the live wire: the needy and oblivious one, the drama queen.
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Wsj Books Staff,
WSJ,
23 June 2021
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Chick is the live wire: the needy and oblivious one, the drama queen.
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Wsj Books Staff,
WSJ,
23 June 2021
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Mark Part of Tommy and Sincere’s crew, and a live wire.
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Okla Jones,
Essence,
4 Nov. 2023
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They were trapped for about an hour while a live wire lay on top of and behind her house.
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Justine McDaniel,
Washington Post,
25 Mar. 2023
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Now pull the switch forward and out of the box, and use the detector to search for other live wires.
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Roy Berendson,
Popular Mechanics,
17 Oct. 2018
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In Warren, the young boy wanted to swing from a live wire hanging around four feet off the ground.
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Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
30 Aug. 2022
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Why hire such a live wire performer to play someone so grim?
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Darren Franich,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2021
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We Energies was called to repair live wires on the ground.
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Milwaukee,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
25 Oct. 2017
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But banning shifts is a live wire with good arguments for and against it.
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Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
16 Apr. 2022
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Remain in the water, and a live wire will electrocute you.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2021
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Reading this novel is like holding a live wire in your hand.
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Hillary Kelly,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2021
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Men were stripped naked and live wires attached to their genitals.
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James Verini Paolo Pellegrin,
New York Times,
1 Nov. 2023
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Clark is a live wire, making baskets from the logo and zipping passes all over the court.
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Nancy Armour,
USA TODAY,
28 Mar. 2023
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The outages were aimed at keeping power off live wires on a warm and windy day, ideal for the spread of wildfires.
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NBC News,
9 Oct. 2019
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The Adonis is David Sparsholt, a young rower up at Oxford whose lovely body proves a live wire.
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Anthony Domestico,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Mar. 2018
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But in the hours following, more reports of debris and downed live wires were received as gusty winds moved through the area.
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Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2024
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These crazy, live wire, big questions that affect a country or world.
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Selome Hailu,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2023
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Power is cut to thousands of people, to avoid live wires going down in the Santa Ana winds.
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Dan Zak,
Washington Post,
4 Nov. 2019
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The fire department arrived and saw the live wire was partially in the roadway and across a sidewalk.
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cleveland,
27 Aug. 2021
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The electro-magnetic field around a live wire will cause this tool to beep and light up, showing the presence of AC voltage.
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Roy Berendsohn,
Popular Mechanics,
29 Apr. 2016
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Thirty-three adults and fourteen children were trapped in their cars for hours under live wires.
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Baltimore Sun Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2024
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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
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