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

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

Vanilla can mean anything from “without a power dynamic” to simply passionless.

From Slate • May 6, 2021

Len mocked the idea of a passionless passion.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

“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