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
The editing by Geofrey Hildrew and Scott Pellet limps lifelessly along, and the direction lacks the necessary pulse for a story line with more twists than a low-budget soap opera.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2022
His yellow eyes stared lifelessly at the clouds, and flies collected on his open mouth.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
