How to Use limp in a Sentence

limp

1 of 3 verb
  • The damaged ship limped back to port.
  • The injured player limped off the court.
  • The dog was limping slightly.
  • The company has somehow managed to limp along despite the bad economy.
  • Some of it makes my strands so limp that my hair ties will fall off.
    — Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2023
  • Appeared to be limping as went to blue tent.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Nabers yelled out, rising from a couch and limping around the room.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Here’s a shampoo that works hard to add volume to limp, flat hair.
    — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Kelce then limped off the field, slamming his helmet to the ground in anger.
    — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Monk limped off the floor and headed straight to the locker room late in the first half.
    — Jason Anderson january 25, Sacbee.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The young girl on the sidewalk was limp by the time she was lifted and placed in a car.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2023
  • None at all leads to slow, pale, sad-looking growth that limps through the season.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Fabbri limped to the bench and down the tunnel to the locker room.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2023
  • James at one point came up limping after getting kneed in the leg.
    — Dan Woike, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Engram reached for his ankle after the play and limped off the field.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Josh Allen, limping with a bad foot, might follow suit.
    — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Willis Reed limping to the court for a Game 7.
    — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
  • The officers ran out and one appeared to limp out.
    — Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Clark was seen limping on the court before making two of three free throws.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Signs of a limping consumer piles onto these fears.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The murder case has limped along, unresolved, for more than a decade.
    — Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Rapinoe limped onto the field at the end of the game wearing a boot on her right foot.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Joe Alt, their best, limped off early with an injury left the field on a cart.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Alt limped to the sideline in obvious pain.
    — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Nix was seen limping slightly after the play.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Kelce limped off the field and was sent to the locker room for x-rays as his team finished the first half.
    — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 8 Oct. 2023
  • He was hit low on a 6-yard rush in the first half, went to the tent, then limped to the locker room.
    — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Rodgers then got on a cart to go to the locker room, hopped off near the tunnel and limped inside.
    — Dennis Waszak Jr., Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The Lakers called a timeout, and Dončić limped to the back.
    — Dan Woike, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Rodgers then got on a cart to go to the locker room, hopped off near the tunnel, and limped inside.
    — Dennis Waszak Jr., BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023

limp

2 of 3 noun
  • We noticed that the dog was walking with a slight limp.
  • The man was walking with a limp.
    — Mike Toole, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The virus left her walking with a limp for the rest of her life.
    — Valeria Luiselli, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The agents say the suspect speaks with a deep voice and walks with a limp.
    — Frank Miles, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2020
  • His pitch count of plays, and gut-wrenching signs of a limp, were enough to show it.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Most of the old ex-players wore frumpy jackets and walked with limps.
    — Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Since then, Allen has been walking around with a knee brace and a limp.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Stern alleged the shot left him with severe pain, a large bruise and a limp.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2021
  • The robber also walks with a limp in his right leg and speaks with a deep voice.
    — NBC News, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The man also walked with a limp and was last seen wearing a dirty white shirt and jeans.
    — Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Keanu will fall from three-story buildings, land on his head, and get up with a limp.
    — Wyatt Mason, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
  • Darius Leonard came up with a limp on one play in the second half.
    — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Nov. 2020
  • The injury left him with a limp and a dependence on a crutch in one hand.
    — Aarefa Johari, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Winters walked with a severe limp to the locker room.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Bosa watched team drills from the sideline and was walking without a limp.
    — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Over time, my dad (who turns 66 next month), developed a limp.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 17 June 2022
  • No, a limp to the sideline to visit the trainer and watch the punter take over on the field.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Gage, who turns 13 next month, endured four surgeries but still walks with a limp.
    — John Woodrow Cox, Steve Hendrix and Steven Rich, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The polio she was afflicted with as a child leaving her with a limp.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The rampaging monster must slow to a limp in search of an ankle bolt.
    — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Young walked to the locker room with an apparent limp and did not return.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Right guard Teven Jenkins left the locker room with a clear limp.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • He was also born with a toe missing from his right foot and does walk with a hard-to-perceive limp.
    — jsonline.com, 23 Dec. 2020
  • But despite the promise of that title, this wheezing romp slows to a limp.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The two-time All-Star walked into the locker room with a slight limp.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2021
  • Taylor was seen walking out to the field with a slight limp a short time into practice.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
  • My stepmother knew a boy across the street who was in a wheelchair and a girl at school who walked with a limp.
    — Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
  • The neighbor man was short-waisted with powerful arms, and walked with a limp.
    — Chris Offutt, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • But as the years passed, old age came along and replaced Jaspie’s brisk but waddling walk with a limp.
    — Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Still, Michelle said, the buck had no limp, and no obvious signs of injury.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 10 Dec. 2020

limp

3 of 3 adjective
  • He gave me a very limp handshake.
  • This plant isn't doing well—look how limp the leaves are.
  • I suddenly went limp and collapsed on the floor.
  • He was limp with fatigue.
  • Her hair hung limp around her shoulders.
  • Walker’s face was red and puffy, and her body was limp.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Dart appeared to go limp briefly and then was slow to get up.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Most spears will turn a bit limp and lame if they're put into fridge.
    — Jessica Hanners, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2023
  • And then there was the limp, damp baguette offered each day at lunch.
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • After a freeze, leaves will turn limp and brown and droop to the ground.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But nothing sounds more limp than a great team asking for help.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 June 2026
  • Chip had marked the birds down and brought them to me, warm, soft, and limp, one at a time.
    — Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
  • He was helped off the court with a limp, never to return.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
  • This mousse doesn’t leave a trace in your hair, but helps limp hair get an extra oomph.
    — Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 16 Dec. 2022
  • One stands next to Brooks’s limp body and attempts to find a pulse.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The outer leaves should be tightly packed and crisp, not limp or dry.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But even as the steaming pieces of cod cooled, the crust never went limp.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The skin split, the ends were shriveled, and the texture was limp.
    — Dianna Douglas, NPR, 28 June 2026
  • They are done when they are softened and a bit limp, but not fully cooked.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2021
  • And to be fair, there’s a bit more to the Bass plan than a few limp sound bites.
    — Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Her breath was faint, her body was limp, and her eyes were rolled into the back of her head.
    — Zak Jason, Wired, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Cut hostas back after a hard freeze when the leaves are limp, brown, and dying.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The phone remained limp in my palm for hours, teasing me with new routes to nowhere.
    — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • If pads are limp rather than plump and firm, check the soil to see if your plant needs more water.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Bystanders can be heard on the video screaming in shock as the coach's body goes limp.
    — Michael Murney, Chron, 5 May 2023
  • Just make sure any hanging hair has a bit of bounce; limp flyaways will just look sad.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Who among us doesn’t have a glitzy skirt that hangs limp in the back of the closet for most of the year?
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 11 May 2026
  • Thanks to the restoration process, none of the trim wobbles or creaks, and no levers sit limp.
    — Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Warsaw said her only health goal is to walk without a limp one day.
    — Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Leaving the greens attached can cause the carrots to go limp.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 11 June 2022

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