spiritless

Example Sentences

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It was a typically spiritless ending to what was, without a doubt, a memorable spree of posting.

From Slate • Sep. 3, 2025

Shipp started the label because he was disappointed by assembly-line gospel records that sounded flat and spiritless in the early ’70s.

From New York Times • May 23, 2023

“Normally, a Wonder set is a buoyant experience that is littered with highlights. But his festival set was mostly flat and spiritless, as if performing there was an obligation rather than a pleasure,” wrote Hunt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2022

Okay, here’s some change, with a bewildering twist: In exchanging Austin Rivers and Kelly Oubre Jr. for old friend Trevor Ariza, the Wizards managed to double down on their spiritless, quarreling, underachieving core.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2018

She felt cut away from him, each of them living and breathing in separate spheres, he bored and spiritless in Nsukka, she bored and spiritless in Lagos, and everything curdled in lethargy.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie