Adjective : lifeless matter. ,a lifeless planet. ,a battlefield strewn with lifeless bodies. ,a lifeless performance of a play. From Dictionary.com.
The very lifelessness of it affected Hartley strangely. From Wordnik.com. [The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery] Reference
Now I just feel frustrated at the lifelessness of it all. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference
The human mind ostensibly has an aversion to lifelessness. From Wordnik.com. [A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece] Reference
It was very heavy, and the lifelessness of it shocked her. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
There was no doubt as to the lifelessness of this specimen. From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
It drooped, it sagged, it cried its lifelessness to the eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
A world sufficient unto itself in lifelessness, all this ice. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Doll] Reference
It cannot be gainsaid that the lifelessness and emptiness of the. From Wordnik.com. [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference
All that fell apart, turning to ash and lifelessness in the falling. From Wordnik.com. [Dalamar the Dark]
They were all mute, impassive, their lifelessness awkward and coarse. From Wordnik.com. [Black Blade]
The general impression was one of disorder, neglect, and lifelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Working Murder]
Now it's looking like we're going to have a hard time finding lifelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Posthuman Blues] Reference
“We are the Borg,” the Iotian said deadpan, with an eerie lifelessness. From Wordnik.com. [No Limits] Reference
Not a single tree, shrub, or flower disturbed the purity of its lifelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
I am trying to cloud my mind with indigo rings of lifelessness, I am desperate. From Wordnik.com. [In haste..] Reference
My planet is surrounded by screens which create the impression of lifelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem For Methuselah] Reference
Now lifelessness is not essential to faith, but is accidental thereto as stated above. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Raggs Guy #1: Crude lines, bland concepts, and lifelessness are the jist of your work. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » (Updated) These six openings usually fail] Reference
But his lifelessness may also owe something to the canvas' having been a near-cadaver. From Wordnik.com. [Lee Rosenbaum: Met's Rediscovered Velázquez: "Philip IV" Falls Flat] Reference
One reason for their lifelessness: corporate America's newfound loathing for inventory. From Wordnik.com. [Investing In The Raw] Reference
There was a lifelessness about her, and he wondered if;. he presented a similar impression. From Wordnik.com. [Delta Search]
He put one hand on the doorpost, spoke, and was frightened by the lifelessness of his own voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
Might there exist analogues to life that are as different from life as life is from lifelessness?. From Wordnik.com. [nessus Diary Entry] Reference
Certainly the broncho toiled most willingly across the zone of lifelessness to bear him on his way. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
As far as the stars are concerned, the evidence -- or lack thereof -- seems to point toward lifelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
One reason Judd moved here was his antipathy to museums, whose lifelessness, he thought, deadens the works on display. From Wordnik.com. [The Marvel of Marfa] Reference
St. Chair's eyes locked with hers, and Jillian saw her die, saw the lights go out, the body collapse into lifelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Achille's Choice]
Low on the southern horizon a milky, misty moon shed its mysterious light over the dark lifelessness of the polar ice cap. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Station Zebra]
He did not precisely criticise these details, but they helped in the impression of lifelessness and gloom that hung about her. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
There was no good reason why the Traveler should send a boat and three highly unexpendable humans down to look at its lifelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations]
Instantly upon entering Rachel had sensed the disorientating lifelessness to the air, as if every bit of energy had been sucked out. From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
A clue to that lifelessness comes early, when we're told of the hero, Charles Ryder, that the one emotion he can call his own is guilt. From Wordnik.com. [Powerful 'Boy A'] Reference
There was a curious lifelessness in the whole situation, and a quite distressing lack of drama until the oriental smiled contemptuously. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Love] Reference
If you were just passing through the room and saw the lifelessness of his presentation, you'd think, 'this man is not up to doing this.'. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Green: 7 Days: Spinning 12 Hypocrisies w/ Huffington, Vanden Heuvel, Bender & Green] Reference
Life is always ahead of us-what is behind us can become lifelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Straight, Not Narrow] Reference
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