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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
Signs of hypothermia in an infant include blotchy skin, being cold to the touch and being limp. Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025 When Nichols goes limp, he is handcuffed and leaned against an unmarked squad car. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Verb
Brunson turned his ankle and limped to the bench with 2:57 left in regulation. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025 Lévi-Strauss read Oedipus’ limp as the sign of his, and our, desire to escape from the overdetermination of split ancestry into something simpler, purer. Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for limp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limp
Adjective
  • MacDonald allegedly told Army investigators at the time that his family was killed by a group of hippies, which included a woman in a floppy hat.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
  • Later that afternoon, Anderson was seen donning the messy curls again, this time while wearing a floppy white sun hat, a crisp button-down, a matching skirt with floral cutouts, and pointed-toe pumps.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • Some victims are already tired of fighting this fight.
    Ashley Belanger – May 19, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
  • Susan Shalabi was exhausted - tired of traveling halfway around the world from Amman to Asuncion, tired of fighting against the soccer establishment.
    Samindra Kunti, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • Game 6 was so confounding because the Celtics just looked listless from the start.
    The Athletic NBA Staff, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • While the show was a bit listless at first, everything changed in that fateful moment when Candice and Penner stepped off the mat.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Bemused tourists attempt to shuffle through the acrid red and blue flare smoke.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • All of those departures except for Stark came before the draft, meaning Paton was left to shuffle the chairs and adjust on the fly to ensure the Broncos were prepared.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • Per a fan video, at one point during the show, after spinning his microphone and tossing it towards the audience, Joel appeared to stumble, falling backwards and landing on his side.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 23 May 2025
  • No one stumbled into creating a billion dollar company, gingerly broke a world record, or cautiously planned and lived their peak life.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • Further afield is the prospect of an India-EU FTA, although that process has dragged on for a decade.
    Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • That dragged its stock down even though the company also reported a better profit for the latest quarter than expected.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • Some of them wanted to dance, some spent time with their families, others just looked exhausted.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • But now, a quieter trend is taking hold in exhausted households nationwide: revenge meals.
    Christine Michel Carter, Parents, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • And, in the long run, economists say that will translate to a weaker economy and a lower standard of living.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
  • Thanks to a weak front sliding across Central Florida, Thursday will be a bit cooler than prior days.
    Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025

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“Limp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limp. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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