inanimate

Example Sentences

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Humans have a tendency to anthropomorphize animals and even inanimate objects, says Ayanna Howard, dean of Ohio State University’s College of Engineering and a roboticist who has researched why humans blindly trust machines.

From The Wall Street Journal

I had loved my phone, as much as anyone could love an inanimate object, and I’d had a panicked thought that maybe I wouldn’t get strange texts with a new phone.

From Literature

He always humors me when I name inanimate objects.

From Literature

Rice cakes join a long list of inanimate objects that time-poor young Chinese have jokingly adopted for low-maintenance companionship in recent years, ranging from mango pits, to rocks, to cardboard dogs.

From Barron's

Stella's Gingerbread house plushie is an "Amuseable", a line of toys with tiny faces modelled on inanimate objects from toilet rolls to boiled eggs.

From BBC