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

But Ms. Wilson, who was accustomed to working and reworking recipes until they were perfected, was intrigued by how and why an inanimate kitchen object could become so emotionally entwined with her very being.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

I’d see Kim Kardashian in — what’s that cartoon that she’s in? — anyways, I was like “Oh, my God, I really wanna be an inanimate object like a cat or dog.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

The difference was that sun was considered animate, a being, and day was considered inanimate, a thing.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater