lifelessly

Example Sentences

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Teammates remembered him sitting up and joking 15 minutes after he collapsed lifelessly to the court.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2024

She was still wearing her maroon traditional garb, her arms falling lifelessly from the white sheet that barely covered her.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2022

In his review, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw described the new movie as "overwhelmingly mediocre and pointless, contrived and lifelessly convoluted to the point of gibberish".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2022

"Maintaining façades is and has always been Melania's job, a job she takes seriously and executes meticulously, even if — as with her modeling — rather lifelessly," Jordan observes.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2020

When called upon to play the bear and carry off the maiden fair, he had been sullen and uncooperative, shuffling lifelessly through his paces when he deigned to take part in their mummery at all.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin