How to Use moribund in a Sentence

moribund

adjective
  • The peace talks are moribund.
  • The new film is a shot in the arm for a moribund genre.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
  • But the ratings for the show out of the gate were moribund.
    Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 5 June 2023
  • That could be enough to get the moribund Suns back to the playoffs.
    Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 8 July 2019
  • Wout Weghorst, who’d just been sent on to spark the moribund Dutch, got one back on a header in the 83rd.
    John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Their last week was a win over the moribund Cal offense.
    Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Through Lehrer’s work, a moribund piece of city has been brought back to leafy, ebullient life.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
  • The rise of the moribund franchise has been nothing short of shocking.
    Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2022
  • This came as something of a surprise, and not only to the moribund regime.
    Brian Stewart, National Review, 10 Aug. 2019
  • One of the lieutenant governor’s few duties is to be the chair of the board, which had grown moribund.
    Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Grand Forks is not a moribund city in desperate need of work.
    New York Times, 17 July 2022
  • The Bucs hope the 43-year-old’s bold move south will help revive a moribund franchise and lead to a Super Bowl run.
    Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • The new jobs offer a small bit of hope in the still moribund New Orleans tourism industry.
    Anthony McAuley | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 9 Feb. 2021
  • With Biden no longer atop the ticket, the moribund Democratic grassroots came to life.
    Charlotte Alter/philadelphia, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Cal’s offense has been moribund for most of the season, with or without Garbers.
    Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 16 Nov. 2019
  • In 1979, he was hired to take over a moribund Miami program that had not won more than six games in a season in more than a decade.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The days when a general manager could swing a deal to shake up a moribund roster are all but gone.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
  • This moribund franchise had signed new players for years.
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The top pick in the 2021 draft was supposed to inject some life into the Detroit Pistons’ moribund offense.
    Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Perhaps this cheeky spirit is just the thing to breathe new life into the moribund festival style scene.
    Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 16 July 2018
  • Ryan Fitzpatrick came in relief in the eighth inning, provided a good spark to a moribund offense but couldn’t pull out the win.
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2020
  • Maybe that’s why the series was moribund for nearly a decade before Rae revived it to mixed results.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • The same goes for the rest of this unfortunate thriller, a moribund vanity project that will find few takers.
    Rene Rodriguez, Variety, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The burst of activity is kindling hope that the moribund IPO market might be poised for a revival.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • No decision has been made yet by the state on large conventions, a sector that has been moribund since the start of the pandemic.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The multi-building project was in a once moribund stretch of northern downtown Atlanta where I-75/85 enters the city.
    Ben Smith, ajc, 7 June 2022
  • Philbin was equipped with a few tools that would prove to be essential to turning the moribund Hammer into a thriving hub.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Only eight games will remain after the Yanks leave town and the Sox will have a chance to feast on moribund Orioles and Nationals in the final week.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Money market accounts were moribund through the low-interest years, but not today.
    Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Paradoxically, the Arab Spring breathed new life into seemingly moribund Arab states.
    Shadi Hamid, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2021

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