Example Sentences

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They could be even limper against Leicester, and they will still win to move even closer to the title.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

Much of the rest in “Languages of Truth” is limper and less interesting.

From New York Times • May 24, 2021

And Bieber delivers his most bravura vocal on the acoustic guitar–driven “E.T.A.,” which ideally would have ended the album rather than the several limper retreads that follow it.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2020

Later, fellow Canadians Feist and Timber Timbre make the ballad-est of ballads even limper, coasting “Don’t Give Up” at an easy folk pace, pleasant but unconvincing.

From Time • Jan. 6, 2014

So out came the tarlatan, looking older, limper, and shabbier than ever beside Sallie’s crisp new one.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott