lifelessly
Example Sentences
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In some ways, this was all predictable, the Lakers playing lifelessly with an eye on the upcoming week off after an emotionally and physically draining first 52 games of the season.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025
She was still wearing her maroon traditional garb, her arms falling lifelessly from the white sheet that barely covered her.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2022
In his review, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw described the new movie as "overwhelmingly mediocre and pointless, contrived and lifelessly convoluted to the point of gibberish".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2022
Though the doll’s feed resembled crime-scene photography — Qai Qai could be dumped unceremoniously in a sandbox or splayed lifelessly on a lonely stretch of asphalt — it also had a delightfully nostalgic quality.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2022
George’s eyes were closed and his head lolled lifelessly, but Owen could still see the slow, steady rise and fall of his friend’s chest.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
