rootless
Example Sentences
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Cher grew up with a rootless backdrop that included her mother’s ever-shifting array of husbands, all the while traveling, nomad-like, from one place to another with stints in Pennsylvania, Texas, California and New York.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2024
Breached rootless cones identified in the current study show similar occurrences of polyhydrated sulfates, further suggesting the blistered volcanic blanket may be hiding a vast sheet of glacier ice underneath it.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024
Some of those leftovers are linked to the last-minute installation of rootless trees, two volunteers told The Associated Press.
From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2023
To account for Lisa Marie Presley, the royal saga must first incorporate Priscilla Presley, a rootless and beautiful foundling of the World War II aftermath.
From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023
There she was, planted before me in the path, rising on thin legs out of the rootless devouring earth.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
