exanimate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for exanimate
Adjective
  • Their bodies were found lifeless with plastic bags over their heads and evidence that their hands had been zip-tied near their father's truck.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 1 July 2025
  • What was once a quiet, natural landscape is now a stark, lifeless installation of metal and wire.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Thin bony fingers as inanimate as dry cigarette papers.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 16 July 2025
  • Partners View all partners Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these colorful seascapes are built by tiny jellyfish-like animals called corals.
    Noam Vogt-Vincent, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Exanimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exanimate. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!