lifelessly
adverb
lifelessness
noun
Examples of lifeless in a Sentence
a cold and lifeless landscape
The book's plot was lifeless and predictable.
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The video is enacting the viewpoint of the city itself on October 4th, the night that Ebba and Zema, dressed in dark, anonymizing colors, hoisted their small bodies onto the roof of a subway car, where they were later found, lifeless, at the Marcy Avenue station.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
Liam Hemsworth's version of Geralt was a soulless, lifeless empty shell.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Plus your spread will appear still and lifeless — unless you’re rigged up with the following three motion decoys.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
For an offense that had struggled to generate the big play, Nicholas’ career day of 187 yards and two touchdowns on seven catches jump-started what was a lifeless offense the week prior against Temple.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
Liam Hemsworth's version of Geralt was a soulless, lifeless empty shell.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Plus your spread will appear still and lifeless — unless you’re rigged up with the following three motion decoys.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
For an offense that had struggled to generate the big play, Nicholas’ career day of 187 yards and two touchdowns on seven catches jump-started what was a lifeless offense the week prior against Temple.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lifeless
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“Lifeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifeless. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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