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verb

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as in to shuffle
to walk while favoring one leg she limped all day after stubbing her toe on the lawn sprinkler

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as in to drag
to move slowly we'll have to stop limping if we are ever going to make our destination in time

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Recent Examples of limp
Adjective
Destined to be reduced to mincemeat one way or another, the neo-Mickey's limp, naked body slowly slides out from the machine. Tom Gliatto, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025 The response of multilateral bodies such as the African Union, the East African Community, and the South African Development Community has also been decidedly limp. Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
The senior guard, a first-team All-ACC selection, fell to the court under a basket before limping off and going to the locker room. Curt Rallo, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025 The Oilers are limping toward the playoffs, figuratively and literally. Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for limp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limp
Adjective
  • However, ear infections in dogs—especially those with floppy ears—are typically caused by moisture rather than chlorine itself.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Most notable — her floppy ears became hoop earrings.
    Michael Paulson, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Robbins was mostly Black, a place built by Black people who were tired of racial conflict in Chicago.
    D. Watkins, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Was Michelle ever tired of using the vibrator all the time in the show?
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • There are no darker days in a season than the ones that see relegation confirmed and for Southampton, listless for so much of this Premier League campaign, the moment arrived on Sunday.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • When intentionally chosen, the right scent can even shift your mood—lifting you out of a listless haze or helping ease a frantic pace.
    Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Pretty much everything else is shuffled off to the infotainment system, a single circular touchscreen that lives in the middle of the dash.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
  • While events were shuffled around to fit a new schedule, the royals will also be about to pace themselves following the monarch's recent health setback.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Woman Makes 'Creepy' Find In Thrift Store By Alice Gibbs Senior Life and Trends Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 A thrift store shopper from Scotland stumbled on something unexpected in her local store when a beautiful glass paperweight caught her eye.
    Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Contractors renovating a historic home in Belgium stumbled upon the entrance to a secret tunnel identified by archaeologists as an escape route from World War I.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Paleontologists used to wonder if some marine reptiles did the same, awkwardly dragging themselves onto beaches to lay eggs rather than birthing their young at sea like whales do.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The longer the trade war drags on, the more likely Washington and Beijing will find other ways to retaliate beyond economics.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This is why people often feel exhausted after a day filled with interruptions, even if the total workload was manageable.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • King Charles can't get involved in Prince Harry's security woes: author Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine and author of ‘My Mother and I,’ explains why the monarch is too exhausted to deal with his younger son’s ongoing court battle.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Then, McIlroy hit a weak drive to the right and was blocked by pines.
    Time, Time, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Carbonaceous chondrites tend to be weaker and more crumbly than other meteorites, so these objects just don’t stand as much of a chance.
    Patrick M. Shober, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Limp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limp. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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