exanimate
Example Sentences
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He gazed at an exanimate Louis, made a few inquiries and a few observations of his own, gave some brief instructions, and departed.
From The Price of Love by Arnold Bennett
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
At her side the girl gazed curiously at the exanimate form.
From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
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 Calvin Thomas
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 Sir Max Beerbohm
