become limp
Example Sentences
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Consume fresh broccoli within three days; after that, it'll start to become limp and no one wants that.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2022
Hogan still struggles with symptoms that include agonizing nerve pain and “spaghetti legs,’’ or limbs that suddenly become limp and unable to bear weight, a condition that also affects her 13-year-old son.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2022
Carrots and celery that have become limp because they have lost water can be made crisp again by placing them in water.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
His military hat was black and broad of brim, and the brim, having become limp, drooped down over his face.
From The Star of Gettysburg A Story of Southern High Tide by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
What with two years' constant dressing and undressing, the paint had got rubbed off the chin and cheeks, and the limbs, of pink leather stuffed with sawdust, had become limp and wrinkled like old linen.
From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile
