Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use on the qui vive in a sentence

Looking for sentences with "on the qui vive"? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
As a consequence, they are forever on the qui vive, hoping to cheat before they are cheated.
Among those who took the trouble to do so was Laurence Olivier, ever on the qui vive for something new.
By the summer of 1955, I was always on the qui vive for employment that would allow me the time I wanted.
He has learned to convert the absence of a bedrock sense of social normalcy into a talent for living on the qui vive.
Meanwhile, authors who don't feel the itch to moonlight use a lot of ingenuity to keep their series sleuths on the qui vive.
Now they can seem to us slightly pathetic figures, forever squirming with distaste, constantly on the qui vive for signs of vulgarity blowing in on the modern breeze.
Brice Pauset, inherited this complexity in his notations. In addition, in his recent works, he asked the musicians to introduce precise, rhythmic elements, putting them constantly on the qui vive.
And motorbikes make up the majority of road traffic, so while the Indonesian driving style seems terrifying to the uninitiated, drivers are on the qui vive for bikes.
Examples from Classical Literature
Naturally every one is on the qui vive for the engagement, but that's all right.
Expectation was on the qui vive, for the Forward was going out with the tide.
You may imagine we are all on the qui vive, and anxious, for we hear all the firing.
We were all kept on the qui vive, for it was evident that they had not done with us yet.
That was all, but it was sufficient to prove how intensely men were on the qui vive.
Shall I pass the word down for the men to be on the qui vive?
In that corner of England every one is on the qui vive for the unexpected.
We're pretty well forward here and we have to keep on the qui vive.
We were on the qui vive till daylight, and prepared for the combat.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024