inanimation
- a word derived from inanimate.
Example Sentences
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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
On Sunday the elections began with absolute inanimation.
From Cæsar or Nothing by How, Louis
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
The whole face was pretty much the same, only thinner perhaps, and with a look of apathy, of inanimation, that was foreign to my recollection of it.
From Grey Roses by Harland, Henry
