How to Use live wire in a Sentence

live wire

noun
  • She's a real live wire.
  • My daughter has been a live wire since she was born.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • Cables knocked to the street from the crash were not live wires.
    — Tom Hallman, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2023
  • And then, there were these live wires from all the cables on the ground.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Nellie’s voice was a live wire sparking through the air.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Trees and branches were taken out, and live wires went down.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • They were trapped for about an hour while a live wire lay on top of and behind her house.
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • And upon her return, Dana is a live wire.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But banning shifts is a live wire with good arguments for and against it.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Men were stripped naked and live wires attached to their genitals.
    — James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The officer arrived to find the pole on the ground with live wires on the street.
    — cleveland, 13 Mar. 2020
  • These crazy, live wire, big questions that affect a country or world.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Place is a live wire 6 minutes before kickoff.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Thirty-three adults and fourteen children were trapped in their cars for hours under live wires.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Now pull the switch forward and out of the box, and use the detector to search for other live wires.
    — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 17 Oct. 2018
  • In Warren, the young boy wanted to swing from a live wire hanging around four feet off the ground.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Clark is a live wire, making baskets from the logo and zipping passes all over the court.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Harmony, for all her accomplishments, is a live wire and a threat.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Even after fourteen years, the performance feels like touching a live wire.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The outages were aimed at keeping power off live wires on a warm and windy day, ideal for the spread of wildfires.
    — NBC News, 9 Oct. 2019
  • But in the hours following, more reports of debris and downed live wires were received as gusty winds moved through the area.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The striker has been brilliant in pre-season, performing with great pace and vigour - a real live wire.
    — SI.com, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Officials asked people to stay out of the area for just under two hours because there were active, live wires down on the street.
    — Lauren Hernández, SFChronicle.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The fire department arrived and saw the live wire was partially in the roadway and across a sidewalk.
    — cleveland, 27 Aug. 2021
  • When the crew tried to reset the battery system, one of the crew members sustained an electric shock from touching a live wire.
    — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2018
  • Power is cut to thousands of people, to avoid live wires going down in the Santa Ana winds.
    — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The Olympia is now absorbing this collective energy like a live wire.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Lashly reportedly stood in the truck bed while attempting to cut the wire, which led to a pole breaking and live wires to striking him.
    — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The gas in the kitchen wasn’t connected, a live wire in the walls made for a major fire hazard, and cabinet shelving was installed wrong.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 July 2023
  • Response efforts were slowed as debris blocked roads and live wires created hazardous conditions.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 July 2026

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