exanimate
Example Sentences
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When Laura plays the piano, her adorer stands there, one moment an exanimate statue, the next a disembodied spirit,—while the listening zephyrs murmur more softly in reverence.
From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin
But I, exanimate of quick Poesy,— O then, no more but even a soulless corse!
From New Poems by Thompson, Francis
At her side the girl gazed curiously at the exanimate form.
From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
It looked exanimate enough, with its idle wheel looming above the black stream dashed with yellow-white spume, and its cluster of sheds sagging under their white load.
From Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith
The frozen lash was soon severed and the two exanimate bodies lifted in eager hands.
From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
