Adjective : inert matter. From Dictionary.com.
She leaned inertly back against the soft cushion of ivy. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Without these, the craft floated inertly in the loading bay. From Wordnik.com. [Tides Of Light]
As he pulled loose the reins the Yankee slid inertly to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
She floated inertly while he clutched her, his face wet against her neck. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
She closed her eyes and sank inertly into the bed of soft and fragrant hay. From Wordnik.com. [The Hippodrome] Reference
He felt for her limp hand, and held it a moment, but it lay in his, inertly. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
With a sudden hardness, he raised one of the hands and let it fall back inertly. From Wordnik.com. [This Side of Paradise] Reference
Looking disheveled, my body betrays me as I inertly carry myself to the bathroom. From Wordnik.com. [natinski Diary Entry] Reference
Things cooperate by lying inertly beneath the microscope or inside the chromatograph. From Wordnik.com. [In the Presence of the Enemy]
No! There it lay, slowly, inertly drifting on the ripples, only sometimes shaking its head. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
Spaniards, who carried with them a civilisation to which the former were inertly refractory. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Cranbourne's head pitched forward against his chest and his hands slithered inertly from his knees. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
Because the rain was tired, it no longer had the energy to wet things down, and just hung there inertly. From Wordnik.com. [Roc and a Hard Place]
And so there they sit, like patience on a monument-the wave and the ship-waiting inertly for something to happen. From Wordnik.com. [Surf's Up, Dude! Shakespeare Catches Wave in Central Park] Reference
As the crimes and criminality are in an increasing upswing, this leadership is just looking on inertly and listlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Can Obama Become A Savior?] Reference
And a little, brown hand swung inertly from the place where a wolf's paw once had been; while below was a dainty foot, incased in a. From Wordnik.com. [Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur] Reference
It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations from a fixed zone of the permissible. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Liu: The Real Meaning of Balls and Strikes] Reference
But then after a while, we just thought, well it might have been just a coincidence, but inertly, that she was something to do with it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2006] Reference
His grip relaxed from the wrists of his antagonist, and then all vigor seemed to vanish from his body, and he sank inertly to the floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
One becomes filled with emotions which habitually pass without prompting to any deed, and so the inertly sentimental condition is kept up. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
As he rose, rather inertly, from his low seat, he said. From Wordnik.com. [There was a King in Egypt] Reference
Kate sat inertly staring, but no answer rose to her lips. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctuary] Reference
The sick lost courage, and lay down inertly to await death. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality] Reference
His uninjured arm lay inertly on the counterpane beside him. From Wordnik.com. [Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic] Reference
Gilbert and Irene Reyes moved about inertly, hearing only echoes. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Study: Lack Of Early Light Upsets Teen Sleep Clock] Reference
I lay inertly as I was placed thereon and borne out of the chamber. From Wordnik.com. [City of Endless Night] Reference
If he were to release her now she would crumple down inertly at his feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Tyranny of Weakness] Reference
He turned sharply on Mr. Watterson, who had remained inertly in his place. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Aroostook] Reference
Artaban released it, the arm fell back inertly upon the motionless breast. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Other Wise Man] Reference
Sinking inertly onto a chair after the door closed, she sat still, engrossed in deep thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life] Reference
John Turner was awaiting his visitor, and gave a large soft hand inertly into Colville's warm grasp. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Hope] Reference
Orchestra instruments crashed to the floor and dancing couples fell and sprawled inertly while the tortured. From Wordnik.com. [Triplanetary] Reference
In a low voice, Tessibel began to sing; nor did she take her hand from the thin arm lying inertly on the sheet. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of the Storm Country] Reference
As she turned the prints to catch the dimming light, he watched her, standing inertly with his elbow on the shelf. From Wordnik.com. [Otherwise Phyllis] Reference
Robert's hands raised in appeal, raised in menace, dropped inertly to his side, and his head drooped on his breast. From Wordnik.com. [The Proud Prince] Reference
In order to reassure the little boy, Catherine took him to view the stuffed crocodile reposing inertly under its marble slab. From Wordnik.com. [The Days Before Yesterday] Reference
The imitation Malacca cane descended with a dull thud upon the lad's head, and like a felled ox Vernon fell inertly upon the sodden grass. From Wordnik.com. [The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War] Reference
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