How to Use inert in a Sentence

inert

adjective

• How does he propose to stimulate the inert economy and create jobs?
• He’s found, seemingly safe and sound, but likewise inert, almost as if someone had stolen his very soul.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
• This chemistry is benign to more complex organisms and will quickly biodegrade into inert ingredients.
  — Steven Savage, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
• Heff’s struggles with this art — not to mention his inert, unsuccessful attempts to get a girlfriend — only sharpened his image of himself as a beautiful failure.
  — Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
• The missile used by the U.S. in the airstrike, called an R9X, is inert.
  — Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2021
• At times, though, that sound has edged toward the inert and the bloodless.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• So why do the most visible protest songs of the Trump-era feel so inert?
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
• Bomb techs were able to determine that the item was inert and not live, hence not a threat.
  — cleveland, 19 June 2020
• But most stuffed playthings are too inert to deliver the thrill of the hunt.
  — Joshua Fruhlinger, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2018
• The truck and all of the materials, which were inert, were supplied by the FBI.
  — Joseph Tanfani, latimes.com, 14 Aug. 2017
• But these days, the windmills loom like scarecrows, idle and inert.
  — Javier C. HernÁndez, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2017
• They are made of inert material and will not rot or stick to the frame.
  — Lee Roop, AL.com, 14 July 2017
• Instead, one of the best ways to practice is by using inert cans of bear spray.
  — Cameron Evans, Outdoor Life, 6 July 2023
• But the ballet is less directly about that, and, in the end, sadly inert.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• That data is not just stashed away as inert ones and zeroes.
  — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 June 2018
• Unlike her plays, which were mannered, inert, and a big fat drag.
  — Lili Anolik, VanityFair.com, 19 June 2017
• And yet, the movie would be inert without a strong supporting cast.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 13 June 2022
• Most of the controls and displays built into the steering yoke are inert.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021
• But the assumption that Mars is inert is starting to look dead wrong.
  — Quanta Magazine, 1 Feb. 2021
• The writer has to take all of that inert data and turn it into drama.
  — David Martindale, star-telegram.com, 24 May 2017
• Orlando is one of the most inert franchises in the NBA.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2020
• Clive Davis, the founder of Arista Records, told the rocker in his early days that his performances were inert.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 4 June 2019
• The Huskies got the ball back and finally got their inert running game going.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2021
• The rifles, the explosives and the anti-armor weapon, an AT-4, were all inert.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2020
• There’s not a spot of inert space in Chicago, which also got better loans.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 15 Aug. 2020
• These shark eye lenses are formed of an inert crystal-like protein, which is first formed while the shark is still in its egg.
  — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2016
• The grenade in the shadow box was inert, but the other was believed to be a live military ordnance.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2019
• The other end of each tube coils like a translucent snake, tethering the inert form in the bed to a gleaming machine — and, with luck, to life.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 28 June 2020
• But yeah, a lot of our data is from inert explosives, as well.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
• This has forced the plant to shut down its reactors to safer, although not fully inert, states.
  — Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024