lifelessly
adverb
lifelessness
noun
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Examples of lifeless in a Sentence
a cold and lifeless landscape
The book's plot was lifeless and predictable.
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Wild coach John Hynes sent a message to his team after a relatively lifeless home loss last Saturday.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2025
Colorado Springs Police Dept. Singler, 36, was arrested in London on Dec. 30, 2023 days after the lifeless bodies of her children, aged 7 and 9, were found at her home in Colorado Springs.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025
The video shows a man trying to drag Zakariya’s lifeless body before he too is shot.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
All along, the film lingers on the statues and busts, lifeless figures watching the horrors wrought by a house that’s unnervingly alive.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2025
Colorado Springs Police Dept. Singler, 36, was arrested in London on Dec. 30, 2023 days after the lifeless bodies of her children, aged 7 and 9, were found at her home in Colorado Springs.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025
The video shows a man trying to drag Zakariya’s lifeless body before he too is shot.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
All along, the film lingers on the statues and busts, lifeless figures watching the horrors wrought by a house that’s unnervingly alive.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Lifeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifeless. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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