passionless

Example Sentences

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Haider’s yearning for Biba is intense and undeniable, especially in contrast with his affectionate but passionless marriage to Mumtaz.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2023

Their relationship is adrift and passionless, and the stranger seems to know it, “messaging her from the shadows and keeping his identity hidden while he judged her, exposed her.”

From Washington Post • May 27, 2021

That is, I noted that my color gave me infinite advantages, but the words, while sincere, were passionless.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2020

Len mocked the idea of a passionless passion.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

Pythagoras taught that God is a number; Xenophanes that it is a sphere, passionless and consubstantial with all things; Parmenides that it is but the confluence of earth and fire.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson