exanimate
Example Sentences
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Silence on the bier, While I call God—call God!—so let thy mouth Be heir to those who are now exanimate.
From Sonnets from the Portuguese by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Silence on the bier, While I call God—call God!—So let thy mouth Be heir to those who are now exanimate.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
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)
So long as I do not exanimate you with my letters, I remain content.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 by Various
A city agen, But peopled by pale mechanical men, With workhouses filled, and prisons, and marts, And faces that spake exanimate hearts.
From The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
