spark
noun
an ignited or fiery particle such as is thrown off by burning wood or produced by one hard body striking against another.
sparkless
-
a word derived from
spark.
Example Sentences
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Yes, because spring feeds life and life is spiritual torture, a march of dull souls trudging through brown streets, haunted by loveless marriages and sparkless trysts.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2022
Anna considered selling the house, didn’t, retired early from a sparkless career, took up weaving and pottery, never remarried.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
Sometimes she felt sparkless, a drone heading into each harried, empty night.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2017
Nobody can outdo Ms. Stritch in the deployment of strategic pauses that attach powder kegs to seemingly sparkless lines.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2010
Up in his room, perfectly dark, for the coals in the grate were now sparkless, David was lying on his back, sleeping heavily and bathed in perspiration.
From The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields by James Lane Allen
