Example Sentences

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“The timing is just the timing,” Blanche said, unresponsively.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2024

Mr. McConnell, who earlier this year suffered a concussion and broken ribs after a fall, stared unresponsively for 23 seconds before other Republican senators stepped in to ask if he was alright.

From Washington Times • Jul. 26, 2023

Sometimes he answered questions with the weary patience of a father harassed by a child; sometimes he wandered unresponsively, while senatorial patience frayed.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had a genius, veritably uncanny for, with all sweetness and hesitancy, revealing him as stiff and unresponsively complacent.

From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas

And as the young man stared at him unresponsively he gave a grasp to the hand he held, and turning, found his way out alone.

From The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World by Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman