anemically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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“Right to Be Forgotten” wrestles with a perplexing modern question — how do you undo the havoc Internet infamy can wreak? — in an anemically unsatisfying way.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2019
Considering director John Williams’ background making music videos for Radiohead and Coldplay, it’s surprising that his debut feature, the rock-infused “The Beat Beneath My Feet,” plods along so anemically.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2016
They brought unarmored Humvees, bolstered anemically with sand bags and plywood.
From New York Times • May 28, 2012
It’s not hard to see the latter come into play with McQueary’s superiors, including the sainted Joe Paterno, who reacted so anemically when McQueary told them what he’d seen.
From Inc • Nov. 15, 2011
Indeed it was anemically green; uneven, hacked and ragged; shorn of its emerald beauty.
From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward
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