limp

Example Sentences

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Then he tried to stand and his knee — limp from three torn ligaments — quickly had him slumping back to the snow.

From Los Angeles Times

"I didn't recognise the men. Or this woman. Her cheek was so flabby. Her mouth so limp. She was like a rag doll," writes the 73-year-old, according to the French-language version.

From Barron's

All of them stopped obediently when Bronden decreed, to help cut the limp, spiky tips from the pine-smelling trees that were growing along the way.

From Literature

"I didn't recognise the men. Or this woman. Her cheek was so flabby. Her mouth so limp. She was like a rag doll."

From Barron's

I limped back down the mountain and went to bed without saying good night to anyone.

From Literature