inanimate

Example Sentences

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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 • Feb. 5, 2026

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 • Jan. 3, 2026

He amassed around 3,000 inanimate objects, which he started collecting after his father’s death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

“By Design,” by the playwright-turned-filmmaker Amanda Kramer, has one of this Sundance’s more mysterious hooks: What happens when a woman realizes that society prefers her inanimate?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

He pushed her down to the water, and once again he felt as if this inanimate thing was joyously coming alive as she met her own element.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman