exanimate

Example Sentences

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When Laura plays the piano, her adorer stands there, one moment an exanimate statue, the next a disembodied spirit,—while the listening zephyrs murmur more softly in reverence.

From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin

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

All along the wan stretch of Cheyne Walk the thin trees stood exanimate, with not a breath of wind to stir the snow that pied their soot-blackened branches.

From A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

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

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis

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)