exanimate

Example Sentences

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At her side the girl gazed curiously at the exanimate form.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

In the afternoon the mother and her eldest and youngest, supine and exanimate in the drawing-room, were surprised into expectancy by the sound of the front-door bell before three o'clock.

From Leonora by Bennett, Arnold

The frozen lash was soon severed and the two exanimate bodies lifted in eager hands.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

But I, exanimate of quick Poesy,— O then, no more but even a soulless corse!

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis

So long as I do not exanimate you with my letters, I remain content.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 by Various