How to Use lifeless in a Sentence

lifeless

adjective

• The book's plot was lifeless and predictable.
• Around her lay the lifeless body of one of her friends.
  — Isabel Debre, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
• In the comments, many joked about the dead, lifeless fish.
  — Priscilla Aguirre, Chron, 14 Jan. 2023
• The photos showed bloodstains on the seats and a lifeless body on the ground.
  — New York Times, 31 May 2022
• The episode ends with Maria lifeless and bleeding out on the street.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 23 June 2023
• Ted's lifeless body lay in a pool of blood near the kitchen table.
  — Josh Yager, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
• Wright picked him up and carried his lifeless body back to the house.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
• Once a free spirit, the lifeless 29-year-old was placed in a bag.
  — CBS News, 19 Nov. 2022
• One of the guns was found sitting on the chest of Holston’s lifeless body.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• Theone’s lifeless body was on the floor, her arms crossed over her chest.
  — NBC News, 12 Aug. 2021
• By the time jail staff opened her cell door, Layleen’s body was lifeless and cold.
  — Breanna Edwards, Essence, 31 July 2019
• The next day, Alsheikh saw her son's lifeless body for the first time.
  — Allison Norlian, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021
• In the middle of the dance floor, men and women were sprawled on their backs, lifeless.
  — Reis Thebault and Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2023
• The voice stoplight on the whiteboard, which tracks the noise level in the room, was lifeless.
  — Kevin Reynolds, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2020
• In it are chunks of white fish, meaty mushrooms and dozens of splayed and lifeless ants.
  — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2020
• Glover hands me a nodule, which looks and feels like a small lump of coal, cold and lifeless.
  — Olive Heffernan, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
• Boaters found her lifeless body near the crash scene more than a week later.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2023
• The core story and missions are not fleshed out, and the world can feel lifeless at times.
  — Jess Grey, Wired, 19 Aug. 2021
• They were pulled lifeless from the car by rescue divers.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 19 July 2019
• In the third game of the five-game series, already in an 0-2 hole and trailing, the A’s dugout was lifeless.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 24 Oct. 2020
• Then footage of Castile’s lifeless body, his white T-shirt stained red by his blood.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022
• Once the males left, the lifeless-looking females stirred and went on their way.
  — Patricia Edmonds, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
• Someone placed the pistol at his feet as his lifeless body hung above the crowd.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
• The leaves of scorched myrtle bushes hang dull and lifeless.
  — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2022
• That’s about all there is to know about how lifeless and sloppy this game was.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
• But the skeleton isn’t just a lifeless scaffolding for the rest of your flesh.
  — Alex Schwartz, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2020
• The post included pictures of what appeared to be holes and streaks of blood on the lifeless body of the whale.
  — Avery Schmitz, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
• Sodos took about 30 photos of lifeless fish in the lake.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 20 June 2019
• Seven hours later, John found his daughter's lifeless body in a small basement room.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
• In footage shared on social media by local journalists in Gaza, Nabhan’s lifeless body is seen lying on a hospital bed, covered in blood, as weeping crowds huddle around him.
  — Abeer Salman, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Jan 2025