coming to life
Stirring into existence
Coming to life describes the moment when something inanimate begins to move, function, or show signs of vitality.
The phrase applies literally to fictional scenarios where statues or puppets become animate, but more commonly appears in figurative contexts: a party comes to life when guests arrive and energy builds, or a character in a novel comes to life through vivid writing.
The expression can also describe someone waking up or becoming alert after sluggishness.
- aliveHaving current existence
- waking upEmerging from sleep
- vivificationAct of giving life
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- born againSpiritually converted anew
creation · regeneration · resurrection · raising the dead · hatching · realization · reincarnation · germination · sprouting · revival · invention · emergence · quickening · awakening · metamorphosis · animation · imagination · Pygmalion
coming to lifedying
Ceasing to live
perishing · expiring · passing away · fading away · withering
coming to lifefreezing
Extremely cold
shutting down · grinding to a halt · winding down · petering out · powering down
coming to lifedisappearing
Ceasing to be visible
vanishing · dissolving · evaporating · falling apart · disintegrating
come, comes, life, living, lively, lifeless, lifelike, lifetime, lifelong