passionless

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Haider’s yearning for Biba is intense and undeniable, especially in contrast with his affectionate but passionless marriage to Mumtaz.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2023

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

Len mocked the idea of a passionless passion.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

The result is a movie that, for all its operatic allusions and actorly expertise, feels dismayingly passionless.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2018

As for her, she was a passionless maid and she clung to him as to a father, and to him she was indeed more than half child and scarcely woman.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck