listlessly
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“Gray raindrops pattered listlessly on the kitchen window, obscuring the thin morning light” as Honor Wilson is found smearing “a dot of margarine across some toast.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
And frankly, after four days of listlessly wandering around hoping something interesting might happen, the attendees seemed eager to feel something.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2024
The initiatives, he said, “have absolutely sparked a fire under people who have been depressed and not participating in the politics or participating listlessly and not having faith that something good can happen.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
“Scores of the children will be seen sitting listlessly on the steps of the tenements or playing half-hearted games on the streets,” a New Yorker worried of city summers in 1903.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Jody walked up to the house and took his place listlessly at the table.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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