lifelessness

Example Sentences

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Then his eyes found it: a seedling, brittle and brown, overlooked because of its lifelessness.

From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2023

Less intriguingly convoluted than concussed into lifelessness, “Marlowe” is the cinematic equivalent of a word salad: It parrots all the right lines while striking all the right poses, without saying much of anything at all.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023

Many Native communities prefer the term “collections space” over “storage” because the latter implies lifelessness and inactivity.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2022

Randle went 5 for 7 from 3-point range in the first quarter, camping out on the wing and making the Timberwolves pay for their lifelessness on defense.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2022

Perhaps Changing Woman could help get rid of this bland lifelessness that was now taking the shade of a gray cloud.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young