passionless

Example Sentences

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I refuse to discredit an immediate connection with someone as inherently dangerous and resign myself to passionless dating and relationships because “boring” is good and safe.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2024

Their relationship is adrift and passionless, and the stranger seems to know it, “messaging her from the shadows and keeping his identity hidden while he judged her, exposed her.”

From Washington Post • May 27, 2021

That is, I noted that my color gave me infinite advantages, but the words, while sincere, were passionless.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2020

Len mocked the idea of a passionless passion.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

Minkoff, my passionless flame, has turned upon me.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole