How to Use flaccid in a Sentence

flaccid

adjective
  • As our patient went flaccid, two thoughts flew through my head.
    — Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2015
  • Take care not to overcook, lest the pasta turn flaccid and shred.
    — Gabrielle Hamilton, House Beautiful, 26 Apr. 2012
  • The flaccid pouch at his neck tumesces with song, sharp little honks that sound like didgeridoo notes.
    — Anna Peele, Washington Post, 24 June 2020
  • This gives their muscles appear more toned and firm than flaccid and flabby.
    — Tiffany Ayuda, Health, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Put away thoughts of the ballpark and flaccid franks steeping in tepid water.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2018
  • That, a ham and cheese croissant and a chocolate twist pastry were more flaccid than flaky.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Tasters agreed a meaty fillet was ideal—no wimpy, flaccid bites allowed.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
  • You will be left to roll about in a tiny death chair accessorized with a dodgy buckle and flaccid strap.
    — Kimberly Harrington, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2021
  • After just five minutes, Wiener said, the pie’s edges become flaccid and chewy.
    — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The naked tail of a hermit crab is a flaccid, unsexy, and vulnerable thing.
    — Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2012
  • This one had deformed into a long, narrow ellipse, like a flaccid rubber band.
    — Laura Preston, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Previous cases of acute flaccid myelitis and death in children have also now been linked to the virus.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Once everyone in the ballroom feels tiny and flaccid, there’s really no point in fighting.
    — Dahlia Gallin Ramirez, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
  • Since then, the genre has gone flaccid, and like most flaccid things concerning white men, there’s been almost too much analysis of why.
    — Vulture, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Another is the pollo con mole verde, in which the nutty sauce cannot conceal the flaccid skin that slips and slides atop the chicken leg and thigh.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 1 July 2022
  • As late as the early ’90s, hefty players in flaccid khakis like John Daly were winning tours.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The textiles, dotted with human teeth and flaccid balloons, are embalmed in clear, glistening resin that holds it all in place.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Incredibly flaccid and safe, Mayday Parade's pop punk reeks of the mid-aughts in the worst way.
    — Luca Cimarusti, Chicago Reader, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The case was first thought to be acute flaccid myelitis, a condition that can mimic polio, and is likely caused by a different virus.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2022
  • In the softest Comfort setting, the 3-series goes flaccid; when set to Sport+, the dampers are way too stiff.
    — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 26 July 2017
  • Yet not even Hart’s sheer, headlong Kevin Hart-ness can do anything for this loud, coarse, flaccid comedy.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • One of the main criticisms of the Oilers so far this season has been the flaccid approach to the physical aspect of the game.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Among the report's revelations is that the infection left the man with ongoing flaccid weakness in both legs.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2022
  • As the test subject took off the exoskeleton, Spungen saw his feet dangle and become flaccid, a clear sign of paralysis.
    — Avi Jorisch, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Pitch-black squid ink dumplings stuffed with pork and peanuts, as well as the spinach-green dumpings crowned with a dollop of XO sauce, tend to go flaccid in the steamer.
    — Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2018
  • In the last scene of the film, the Father stands on a rock in the middle of a waterfall, naked, flaccid, alone, and screaming, shattered with desire.
    — P.e. Moskowitz, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In this postseason, the Warriors can go slack for seven or eight minutes at a time, their passes flaccid, their shot-making a little off.
    — Michael Powell, New York Times, 5 June 2017
  • The poliolike syndrome, called acute flaccid myelitis or AFM, is very rare.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Men are her medium and this sculpture series Used Men (2021) reveals only a flaccid shell of a body.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
  • The 18-inch-tall dolls, with their flaccid kneecaps and overly detailed lore, kick-started a revolution in the toy community.
    — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 29 July 2022

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