| Nothing grew on its land, and no living thing was reared in its sheds and barns. |
| These may relate to the object's origins, as when we claim to perceive some living thing, or to its physical constitution. |
| The beauty of a living thing springs directly from its frailty, its coming and its going. |
| The school was grossly irresponsible for letting the students get that close to a wild, living thing. |
| Any living thing which brought life and movement to stir the sullen stillness of it all would be silenced. |
| It must take a heartless person to even be able to carry out experiments on any living thing. |
