How to Use moribund in a Sentence

moribund

adjective
  • The peace talks are moribund.
  • That could be enough to get the moribund Suns back to the playoffs.
    — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 8 July 2019
  • Grand Forks is not a moribund city in desperate need of work.
    — New York Times, 17 July 2022
  • This came as something of a surprise, and not only to the moribund regime.
    — Brian Stewart, National Review, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The rise of the moribund franchise has been nothing short of shocking.
    — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The parade came at a time when suffrage efforts seemed moribund.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The script seemed set for an Oilers pummelling of the moribund Canucks.
    — Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
  • One of the lieutenant governor’s few duties is to be the chair of the board, which had grown moribund.
    — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Nearly eight weeks after it was agreed to, Trump’s peace plan remains in a moribund state.
    — Daniel Depetris, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Sufien, bedridden and moribund at the book’s beginning, looks back on his life.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The days when a general manager could swing a deal to shake up a moribund roster are all but gone.
    — Carol Schram, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Perhaps this cheeky spirit is just the thing to breathe new life into the moribund festival style scene.
    — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 16 July 2018
  • The Jerusalem issue and the moribund peace process are expected to be high on the agenda.
    — Josef Federman and Tia Goldenberg, Houston Chronicle, 10 Dec. 2017
  • As a result, the Reno housing market has gone from moribund to scorching.
    — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Cal’s offense has been moribund for most of the season, with or without Garbers.
    — Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 16 Nov. 2019
  • New York’s big guns were silent, especially on the power play, which has been moribund for a month.
    — Arthur Staple, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The same goes for the rest of this unfortunate thriller, a moribund vanity project that will find few takers.
    — Rene Rodriguez, Variety, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Wout Weghorst, who’d just been sent on to spark the moribund Dutch, got one back on a header in the 83rd.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The new jobs offer a small bit of hope in the still moribund New Orleans tourism industry.
    — Anthony McAuley | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 9 Feb. 2021
  • Maybe that’s why the series was moribund for nearly a decade before Rae revived it to mixed results.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • To his mind, movies are so moribund because people approach them as work; as fossilization rather than creation.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In the run-up to the trade deadline, the Cavs were a broken, moribund team plagued by injuries and infighting.
    — Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 15 Feb. 2018
  • With Biden no longer atop the ticket, the moribund Democratic grassroots came to life.
    — Charlotte Alter/philadelphia, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
  • No decision has been made yet by the state on large conventions, a sector that has been moribund since the start of the pandemic.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Marisnick's return to the Major League club has mirrored the moribund stretch that forced him from it in the first place.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 30 May 2018
  • Ryan Fitzpatrick came in relief in the eighth inning, provided a good spark to a moribund offense but couldn’t pull out the win.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2020
  • Both are leading their moribund franchises out of the doldrums and into relevance.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Fletcher was a one-man force, hitting triple digits for the third time in four playoff games and turning a moribund offense into something much more.
    — Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The duo instantly injected life into a moribund franchise.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The liveliness of this scene is in contrast to the moribund stillness of Calais itself, a northern French city long down on its luck.
    — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2016

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