flaccid
Example Sentences
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On offer: a spread of cheap charcuterie, including “the flaccid processed grey of a turkey ham.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
In rare cases, that virus can cause polio-like paralysis in children called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025
We are mired in a sense of placid, flaccid normalcy when none exists.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024
Dr Simon Thomas, chief executive of UK based graphene semiconductor start-up Paragraf, told the BBC the announcement was "quite frankly flaccid".
From BBC • May 18, 2023
It was as though his eyes were holding their breath, while his mother looked at him, her face flaccid and querulous, interminable, clairvoyant yet obtuse.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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