How to Use lifeless in a Sentence

lifeless

adjective
  • The book's plot was lifeless and predictable.
  • Not the dull, lifeless kind, of course.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Theone’s lifeless body was on the floor, her arms crossed over her chest.
    — NBC News, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Not from the realm of the dead, of course, but from the realm of the lifeless.
    — Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
  • How did life emerge on a lifeless planet?
    — James O. Cunningham, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Wright picked him up and carried his lifeless body back to the house.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
  • Ted's lifeless body lay in a pool of blood near the kitchen table.
    — Josh Yager, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The girl’s body was found naked and lifeless by her mother.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Her skin remained cold, her feet lifeless.
    — Patti Newton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Boaters found her lifeless body near the crash scene more than a week later.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • That’s about all there is to know about how lifeless and sloppy this game was.
    — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
  • In it are chunks of white fish, meaty mushrooms and dozens of splayed and lifeless ants.
    — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2020
  • By the time jail staff opened her cell door, Layleen’s body was lifeless and cold.
    — Breanna Edwards, Essence, 31 July 2019
  • The episode ends with Maria lifeless and bleeding out on the street.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 23 June 2023
  • Glover hands me a nodule, which looks and feels like a small lump of coal, cold and lifeless.
    — Olive Heffernan, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The photos showed bloodstains on the seats and a lifeless body on the ground.
    — New York Times, 31 May 2022
  • The camera showed the man’s lifeless body on the floor, Hays said.
    — Toriano Porter, kansascity.com, 20 June 2017
  • They were facedown in the jungle, lifeless and still in chains.
    — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Someone placed the pistol at his feet as his lifeless body hung above the crowd.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • There were signs of life from a mostly lifeless offense over the last two games.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The next day, Alsheikh saw her son's lifeless body for the first time.
    — Allison Norlian, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Once the males left, the lifeless-looking females stirred and went on their way.
    — Patricia Edmonds, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • Once a free spirit, the lifeless 29-year-old was placed in a bag.
    — CBS News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The other was a lifeless splitter that seemed to sit over home plate and beg to be bashed.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 2 June 2017
  • The core story and missions are not fleshed out, and the world can feel lifeless at times.
    — Jess Grey, Wired, 19 Aug. 2021
  • In the middle of the dance floor, men and women were sprawled on their backs, lifeless.
    — Reis Thebault and Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Our Bill of Rights is not a lifeless relic.
    — Chris Mattei, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Dad opens up and points at a lifeless dummy in a black dress with a white lace collar and a hat.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Once, a farmer grazed cattle here, or grew corn, but now the fields are barren and lifeless.
    — Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The shampoo won't clean as well and can leave behind residue that makes your hair look dull and lifeless.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2025

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