| These may relate to the object's origins, as when we claim to perceive some living thing, or to its physical constitution. |
| He grew up watching his parents, grandparents and neighbors communing with the land as if it were a living thing. |
| The hallways are deathly silent and the misery is a palpable living thing in the air. |
| I want you to save the righteous people and two of every kind of living thing on the earth. |
| Lead is toxic to every living thing and adversely affects every system in the body. |
| The beauty of a living thing springs directly from its frailty, its coming and its going. |
