exanimate

Example Sentences

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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)

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

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

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

He gazed at an exanimate Louis, made a few inquiries and a few observations of his own, gave some brief instructions, and departed.

From The Price of Love by Bennett, Arnold