inert

Example Sentences

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So far, he says, Russian Oreshniks have only been carrying inert warheads and have caused limited damage.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

“The emotive nature of the category, alongside these durable levers that we bring to market, puts us in a category which is relatively much more inert to some of these macro headwinds,” Singh said.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

But it takes a series of self-reflexive turns that are overelaborate in their conception and slightly inert in their execution, rendering the movie’s poignancy more theoretical than fully felt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

In “Two Prosecutors,” the inert nobodies blocking Kornev’s progress are crisply choreographed, Stalin’s existential choke hold strangling their very spirit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

I was inert, still in my school clothes, lying on top of my sheets, dozing in a transitory space between asleep and awake.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson