How to Use listless in a Sentence

listless

adjective

• The party was a listless affair.
• The heat made everyone tired and listless.
• Now, as the season draws to a close, the Padres look listless.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
• One day, one of her four children — a baby at the time — felt very hot to the touch, and was listless.
  — Leto Sapunar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
• Game notes: The Tigers fell in the third of this four-game series, thanks in large part to a listless offense.
  — Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2022
• Streams that brimmed with rising trout in May can be listless and low.
  — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
• The madness of mid-March arrived, and some Spurs fans grew listless.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2022
• The Dolly Llama is the spot to take your listless kids this summer.
  — Dallas News, 14 June 2022
• James scored 17 of his 24 points in the third quarter but couldn’t rally the listless Lakers.
  — John Marshall, orlandosentinel.com, 2 June 2021
• James scored 17 of his 24 points in the third quarter, but couldn't rally the listless Lakers.
  — John Marshall, ajc, 2 June 2021
• The listless group that lost by 34 to West Virginia and by 17 to Oklahoma State?
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2021
• But instead, Baltimore was left listless on the mound and at the plate for a second straight loss.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2022
• But wind speeds that afternoon were a listless five miles an hour.
  — Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2022
• With his team trailing by three runs and with two out in the bottom of the eighth inning, Armstrong tried to rally the listless Gators.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 4 June 2021
• And there was Game 5, which the Celtics lost thanks to a listless display of basketball that had their home fans booing them.
  — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• The Eagles were listless for much of the game but managed to rebound from the defeat to the Commanders and improve their record to 9-1.
  — Mark Maske, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2022
• And after a listless, flailing first half, the Cardinals had taken the fight to Notre Dame in the second.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Feb. 2022
• In the playoff loss to the Bengals, a listless, blowout defeat at home, Diggs had just four catches for 35 yards.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
• Lara is trying to talk to her, but Mira is listless, forlorn.
  — Darine Hotait, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2022
• The film tries, in a detached, listless sort of way, to adhere to the original novel’s story.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 16 July 2022
• The Bobcats beat themselves with turnovers and listless defense.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
• So what would convince listless adults to shun the call of a mindless Netflix binge and opt for homeschooling?
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 5 June 2021
• The decline put the S&P 500 on track to break a dayslong listless streak during which the benchmark index has barely moved.
  — Joe Wallace, wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• Green stalks, though just as flavorful, cook down to a listless beige and aren’t nearly as pretty.
  — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 31 May 2023
• At night, the jiangshi come out to feed and players run the risk of having portentious dreams that will leave them tired and listless during the next day.
  — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• But the Cardinals faded down the stretch, losing to the Rams at home and again in a listless performance in a wild-card playoff game.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2022
• Another big reason for the spinoffs: GE’s listless stock price.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• This team is lifeless and listless, right at the time the incentive to be the opposite sits right in front of their collective nose.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
• Shirlee’s house was a shadowy place choked with listless bodies, a roaring TV, and bold roaches.
  — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• That is impossible now, and Yaroslav lays listless on a blanket in the basement.
  — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024