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On Sunday the elections began with absolute inanimation.

From Cæsar or Nothing by How, Louis

After death, inanimation; only the inanimate is changeless.

From The Grey Cloak by Peirce, Thomas Mitchell

It was his habit to glower with dignity, to stare with dignity and to preserve a dignified inanimation when he was silent.

From Gargoyles by Hecht, Ben

Men such as you and he, who cannot even lie with your eyelids, who will not condescend to cover up a secret by a moment of feigned inanimation, have many voices.

From The Duke's Children by Trollope, Anthony

Proceedings conducted with closed doors, but along the corridor, from time to time, rolled echoes which seemed to indicate that the first meeting of the Home-Rule Parliament was not lacking inanimation.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 13, 1890 by Various