spiritless

Example Sentences

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It was a typically spiritless ending to what was, without a doubt, a memorable spree of posting.

From Slate • Sep. 3, 2025

Unlike their spiritless performance Sunday against New Orleans, which was a new rock bottom in a season with an ever-sinking floor, the Lakers played with plenty of heart against the Mavericks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2022

Visit even briefly the rich costume collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum, as the JordanLuca designers had, and you quickly conclude that we live in grim and sartorially spiritless times.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2020

Okay, here’s some change, with a bewildering twist: In exchanging Austin Rivers and Kelly Oubre Jr. for old friend Trevor Ariza, the Wizards managed to double down on their spiritless, quarreling, underachieving core.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2018

He sighed, and then said, in a spiritless tone, “Just as you like, Sir. It doesn’t matter where I go or what I do.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott