limply
- a word derived from limp.
Example Sentences
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Poor Claire and Solange can only watch limply, as their plans of glorious revenge threaten to wither like the fading flowers surrounding them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Sinner took the lead thanks to a brilliant lob which set up set point, and he made no mistake with a missile of a serve which Alcaraz could only limply send wide.
From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025
In the way that missed opportunities can change matches, the first half finished limply.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023
When I visited that Walgreens on a recent Thursday, a memorial to Brown that had hung on the chain-link fence outside was gone, except for a few shiny ribbons dangling limply.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023
Someone fixed the door so it was no longer hanging limply from the top hinge.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
