become limp
Example Sentences
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Consume fresh broccoli within three days; after that, it'll start to become limp and no one wants that.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2022
Hogan still struggles with symptoms that include agonizing nerve pain and “spaghetti legs,’’ or limbs that suddenly become limp and unable to bear weight, a condition that also affects her 13-year-old son.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2022
Carrots and celery that have become limp because they have lost water can be made crisp again by placing them in water.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
I have also seen these leaves used as sunshades, but they do not answer so well in this capacity, for they wither directly and become limp and drooping.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)
The gray-hooded figure suddenly seemed to become limp, and the Chinese woman half lifted, half pushed her the remaining distance to the promenade deck.
From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Hoskins, Gayle Porter
