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Meanings of lifelessly in English

Spanish
sin vida

As if dead.

sin vida
Usage of lifelessly in English
1
For many hours he remained apparently forgotten, stretched lifelessly on the floor.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
2
He was crumpled on the balustrade, his arms and legs dangling lifelessly.
Pasta Imperfect
3
Meg turned sharply away, her hands dropping lifelessly; she moved toward the door.
Men, Women, and Ghosts
4
Unspoken thoughts pressed in upon them as they circled, lifelessly reiterating.
V. V.'s Eyes
5
I sagged and reeled lifelessly, but I still did not pass completely out.
Ebony
6
Ora continues lifelessly, as though her entire being is operated by a ventriloquist.
To the end of the land
7
After a long silence he looked up and spoke, lifelessly, patiently:
The Gadfly
8
His eyes stared lifelessly at the ceiling, his expression frozen in seeming disinterest.
Sea of Rust
9
She kept herself limp - let her head wobble, her legs flop lifelessly.
In the Dark
10
Her head was bowed and her arms dangled lifelessly in front of her.
Creepers
11
She walked with a limp, and her right arm hung lifelessly by her side.
Crushed
12
He fired without even a preliminary glance; the child could be drifting lifelessly downstream-
Those who save us
13
I couldn't imagine any one of them drooping lifelessly over a Kenwood tape deck.
Year Zero
14
He slumped lifelessly to the floor, falling in an unmoving heap at her feet.
Night of the Living Dummy
15
His dark eye stared lifelessly out of his pale countenance.
O. T., A Danish Romance
16
Then he dropped it abruptly, letting his own arm swing lifelessly to his side.
The Puritans
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