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verb

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as in to shuffle
to walk while favoring one leg she limped all day after stubbing her toe on the lawn sprinkler

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as in to drag
to move slowly we'll have to stop limping if we are ever going to make our destination in time

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Recent Examples of limp
Adjective
Overwatering may make your plant have limp, yellow or brown leaves that aren't crispy. London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Nov. 2024 When grabbed by a predator, these dice snakes writhe, vomit and poop before finally going limp. Ryley Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
While Bailey and Harper continue to fare well against Big Ten defenses, Rutgers has limped to a 12-13 overall record and a 5-9 mark in the conference because of injuries and illness. Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2025 But before there was even a whiff of smoke from the grill, Arsenal’s plans went up in flames as Kai Havertz limped out of Monday’s training session with a season-ending hamstring tear. Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for limp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limp
Adjective
  • In this smooch-heavy rom-com based on the 2012 novel of the same name, Elle (Joey King) attempts to enlist her not-so-secret childhood crush Noah (a floppy haired Jacob Elordi), to take part in their school’s kissing booth fundraiser in hopes of impressing the cool girls.
    Shannon Carlin, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
  • This floppy straw topper is totally foldable and packable — an essential feature for traveling with such a broad-brimmed hat.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In the skincare world, the best retinol serums are put on a pedestal, touted for their ability to breathe new life into tired, aging skin.
    Denise Primbet, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2025
  • If Lionel Messi and his teammates seem a bit tired and stiff in their MLS season opener against NYCFC on Saturday night, there is a reasonable explanation.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • That created a quick and competitive environment that eliminated a lot of the listless play that has plagued All-Star weekend over the past decade.
    Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Rebecca, the listless protagonist of Katarina Zhu’s feature debut Bunnylovr, wears loneliness like an oversized coat.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The plan involved shuffling around existing crew assignments to free up two of the four seats on a SpaceX capsule that launched in late September, so that Wilmore and Williams could occupy the seats on the return trip.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
  • For all of the conversation late last year analyzing how quickly Sporting KC might be able to shuffle the chairs — or even Vermes praising the way his team played Wednesday — a swap at striker, a swap in the mentality at striker, transcends everything else.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Skype won attention in the 2000s for giving people a way to talk without paying the phone company, but stumbled in the mobile era and didn’t enjoy a major resurgence during the pandemic.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
  • However, the Indian stock market has stumbled recently, with the BSE 500 shedding 19% from its recent peak last September—this after climbing 14.8% in 2024 and 25.1% in 2023.
    Garth Friesen, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • When users click and drag their cursor across the screen, random clusters of letters appear, followed by sentences that flash briefly before disappearing.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Swansea City have sacked head coach Luke Williams following a poor run of results since the turn of the year that has dragged the Championship club into a relegation battle.
    Stuart James, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Everyone is exhausted and tapped out financially from the holidays and nobody wants to party or buy gifts.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The 50-year-old retired cop is thirsty and exhausted, and his attempts to spark a campfire using a ferro rod have failed miserably.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • For example, an experimental receiver aboard the Blue Ghost lander acquired and tracked navigation signals from GPS satellites for the first time in lunar orbit, where these signals are 361 times weaker than on Earth.
    Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
  • By late this evening, the winds will be significantly weaker.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Limp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limp. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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