How to Use lame in a Sentence

lame

1 of 2 adjective
  • That s—t gonna be lame 10 years from now.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2025
  • There wasn’t much the voters could do with a menu so lame.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The flowers are the best, even if the leaves are lame and flop over.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
  • How will Brian Kemp use his lame-duck year?
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Saying the house is like a character too sounds a bit lame.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Is this the world’s coolest Play-Doh or the world’s lamest memeslop?
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Santana tried to jump off the steps to clothesline Maclin but came up a bit lame.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
  • Full lame-duck seasons like the one coming up here are rare; and for good reason.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
  • These lame mainstream ETFs tend to yield 1% or 2%.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
  • My only complaint is that the light blue stripes on the arm look printed, not stitched, which is kinda lame.
    — The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The new Reclaim activity is lame and the new loot is hard to come by.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Seems like a lame upgrade, but there is a lot to be said for this one being a consolidator.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The band felt embarrassed wearing those lame outfits.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The dog whose paw was bleeding was lame, effectively useless to him.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Cut to Culhane doing lame bits with chopsticks as walrus teeth.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And Siegfried keeps trying to understand what’s wrong with this goat that its owner claims is lame.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The skills competition is lame.
    — Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Shootouts are lame in comparison.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • This idea that just sitting with your face buried in your phone when you’re supposed to be in a social setting—that’s lame, right?
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Why should Pritzker or any Illinois politician help this lame-duck mayor?
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • Its small black-and-white screen was often blurry, sometimes blank and buzzing, the programming sporadic or lame.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • As lame as the fact that an Erewhon smoothie costs $19 is that so many of us need to be paid to be nice to each other.
    — Swan Huntley, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
  • And getting all giddy over some lame light beer that has apple juice poured into to is just plain embarrassing.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • His effort was part of the reason the Panthers were able to stay in the game with a lame offensive outing.
    — Charlotte Observer, 9 Nov. 2025
  • At supper the guides exchanged significant glances across the fire and acted like a couple of guys who have picked a lame horse.
    — Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
  • That huge war chest would be especially remarkable amassed by a lame-duck president.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
  • By embracing a lame-duck year, Kerr shifted the power dynamic.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • This is about an attempt by the Democrats to make President Trump a lame-duck president.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
  • This is about an attempt by the Democrats to make President Trump a lame-duck president.
    — Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
  • This struck me as heartbreakingly lame and, therefore, as a moment of vital consequence.
    — Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026

lame

2 of 2 noun
  • So give credit and grace lames.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • When Bellerophon crashed back to Earth, he was rendered blind and lame for the rest of his life.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 16 Nov. 2025
  • The kit comes with a bread proofing basket, whisk, bread lame with cover, and scraper, plus bread recipes to try.
    — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Much of the criticism of the race has complained of weak candidates, though that’s not exactly what’s made the race lame.
    — Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
  • Giants reliever Joel Peguero had to leave the game in the bottom half of the eighth after pulling up lame when fielding a ground ball.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 31 May 2026
  • Head referee Adrian Hill pulled up lame during a play on a Texans drive in the third quarter.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The Bible records that, in finding God as the only cause, Jesus healed the blind, the deaf, the lame, and even overcame death itself.
    — Lisa Rennie Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 27 May 2025
  • This whole Competitive Wordle thing is a bit lame in September.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Then, just to flub any chance for enjoying some dumb fun with a skilled cast hamming it up, the sloppy story grinds the all-too-predictable, all-too-lame whodunit to a halt, as well.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The kit includes a round-proofing basket, a bench scraper for handling dough, a silicone bowl scraper, and a bread lame with five blades for scoring the dough before baking.
    — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • That space was brought to life inside the Plaza’s actual theater, where the walls were repapered in gold, adding to the gold lame Austrian curtain onstage.
    — Rachel Wallace, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2026
  • That’s beyond lame, even if the Niners don’t have to travel and Seattle is coming back from Carolina (with a flight to San Jose still to go).
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The set comes with one 9-inch and one 10-inch round bread-proofing baskets, as well as a dough scraper, Danish dough whisk, flour and sugar sifter, silicone brush, bread lame, five extra blades, and two cloth liners.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The set comes with one 9-inch and one 10-inch round bread-proofing baskets, as well as a dough scraper, Danish dough whisk, flour and sugar sifter, silicone brush, bread lame, five extra blades, and two cloth liners.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Lifeless, lackluster, or lame don’t even begin to describe the Steph Curry-less Warriors’ effort against a Philadelphia team without Joel Embiid.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • About half of the looks are on display for the first time, such as her royal christening robe, childhood ballet slippers, silver lame Lanvin bridesmaid dresses, wedding jewelry and an evening gown tailored for her pregnancies with King Charles and Princess Anne.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026

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