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In an odd way, the book’s clichés—exemplars of the unlifelike and unbelievable—feel like a consequence of Maynard’s decision to mine her own life for material.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2016

Possibly because she has less of this beautiful but unlifelike stuff to put across, Helen Westley, as Laurey's crusty old aunt, easily carries off the acting honors.

From Time Magazine Archive

They stood there together in that strange silence, hearing only the unlifelike breathing of the man passing from life.

From Fidelity A Novel by Glaspell, Susan

Before his time the frescoes, like the illuminations in the manuscripts of which we have spoken in a previous chapter, were exceedingly stiff and unlifelike.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

And the wink was almost as unlifelike and uncanny as the bird.

From The Way of the Wild by Rountree, Harry