inanimate
Example Sentences
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What to do with this inanimate object, whose newly visible rust spots Ms. Wilson began to equate with the cracks she had failed to discern in her marriage?
But Justice Rebecca Bradley, writing for the majority, said that under state law ballots must be returned to a clerk's office or another designated site, not an "inanimate object" such as an unstaffed box.
From Reuters
While “Hadestown” remains tethered to the myths it’s inspired by and the characters’ otherworldly abilities — Orpheus’ music enchants inanimate objects and Persephone’s travel patterns determine the seasons — Eurydice stays closer to real life, Green said.
From Seattle Times
But he wasn’t puppeteering her just yet; she was still inanimate.
From New York Times
According to HuffPost, Long pushed back and argued that "guns aren't the issue. He criticized proponents of gun control for 'trying to blame an inanimate object for all of these tragedies.'"
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
