Example Sentences

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Daniil Medvedev outplayed him in the final, but Djokovic also wasn’t himself, languid against his opponent’s vigor, speed and guile — frustrated, answerless.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022

Jae doesn’t know how the loss affected her mother — another answerless question — but she says her mother demonstrated a deep anger, often directed at her only child.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2017

He went on to say that the festival was “a platform not a judge” – as only a parent holding out every ounce of hope for answers to a resolutely answerless affliction would.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2016

Before I know what is happening, my arms come up under his, and he falls into me, heaving hard into my neck, washing my skin with answerless tears.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

The Colonel, who had driven the Investigation from the start, who had cared about what happened to her when I only cared if she loved me, had given up on it, answerless.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green