listless
Example Sentences
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The Dodgers look completely listless, and waiting for slumping veterans like Teoscar Hernández and Kyle Tucker to snap out of it is a losing strategy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The relative predictability of baking, putting together ingredients with a tasty outcome, anchors listless days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
There’s a chance both teams will decide it serves their interests to play a listless draw and share the orange slices.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
It was originally written about missing someone so intensely she felt listless and depressed.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
She grabbed onto his sleeve with a listless hand.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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