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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Underwood was struck moments later by the driver of a black-and-gray sedan, with Underwood then dragged for more than two blocks before her lifeless body came loose from the car.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2026
Her face as faceless as the woman in the bathtub in the cover photo of the first disc, whose lifeless naked body is in focus but whose face is obscured behind black and white balloons.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
On Sunday, Herbert was mortal, and the offense was lifeless.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
The scene shows Foreign Office employee Angela Burr (Olivia Colman) identifying Roper's lifeless body four years after the events of season 1.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2026
Her face as faceless as the woman in the bathtub in the cover photo of the first disc, whose lifeless naked body is in focus but whose face is obscured behind black and white balloons.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
On Sunday, Herbert was mortal, and the offense was lifeless.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
The scene shows Foreign Office employee Angela Burr (Olivia Colman) identifying Roper's lifeless body four years after the events of season 1.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
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 25 Jan. 2026.
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