passionless

Example Sentences

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These points can get clotted in the book’s late going, as Verdance leadership becomes increasingly one-note and authoritarian; even the inevitable battle scenes can feel passionless in comparison to Newitz’s true passion, urbanist rhetoric.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2023

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

It lost to the passionless “Lullaby of Broadway,” warbled by Winifred Shaw and then re-purposed, instrumentally, for a bonkers Busby Berkeley number.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2018

“That is what most of the discussion was about,” Master Lorren explained, his voice as passionless as stone.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss