Example Sentences

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Flags hang limply at half mast in what residents describe as an act of mourning for the death of a village which technically still exists.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 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

“I’m still hitting the wrong buttons here, I’m not used to the controls,” Shapiro said as he limply gestured his pickaxe toward a stone laden with glowing rubies.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2023

Jan Gassmann’s “99 Moons” shoots for all three, and yet the tension hangs limply throughout its nearly two-hour running time.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

His stretchy arms and legs rested limply on dislodged volumes.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles