flaccid

Example Sentences

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On offer: a spread of cheap charcuterie, including “the flaccid processed grey of a turkey ham.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Or her flaccid, C.Y.A. apology — published in The Hollywood Reporter, no less — that she managed to make all about her.

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2025

Nevertheless, its spread is troubling because the virus can lead to a rare and debilitating neurological condition called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024

Dr Simon Thomas, chief executive of UK based graphene semiconductor start-up Paragraf, told the BBC the announcement was "quite frankly flaccid".

From BBC • May 18, 2023

I come to the end of things, dear friend, and he waxes mickle; my tides have gone slack and flaccid, while his swell newly to proxigean spring and rush through the gut.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson