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

In rare cases, that virus can cause polio-like paralysis in children called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

That may be why the majority of Disney’s modern “Star Wars” expansions have amounted to little more than flaccid fan service.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

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