inanimate

Example Sentences

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Rice cakes join a long list of inanimate objects that time-poor young Chinese have jokingly adopted for low-maintenance companionship in recent years, ranging from mango pits, to rocks, to cardboard dogs.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

The tin was only an inanimate object; but in reframing its meaning, she has reopened her heart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

“By Design,” by the playwright-turned-filmmaker Amanda Kramer, has one of this Sundance’s more mysterious hooks: What happens when a woman realizes that society prefers her inanimate?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

Tom Ogden wrote an indie-pop anthem about the incident, then dedicated their fifth album to the unfortunate inanimate ape.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2024

TOMBSTONE: Don’t use whose to refer to inanimate objects. r.i.p.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner