And I don't think his overall limpness is just a case of his getting carried away playing his character's subtext. From Wordnik.com. [Finding Amanda, losing Matthew Broderick] Reference
(Witness the limpness of Fred Thompson's campaign.). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
O You who are in limpness, dwelling aforetime in Nedit. From Wordnik.com. [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference
The leg twitched violently, then seemed to relax into limpness. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
There was a soft belch, and he subsided into limpness once more. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
It showed in the limpness of his face, the tightness of his body. From Wordnik.com. [Way Station]
Dread overcame him as he felt the limpness of the older man's body. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
I far prefer screams and blood over a limpness,stillness a quietness. From Wordnik.com. [Heart, Dropped.] Reference
I far prefer screams and blood over a limpness, stillness a quietness. From Wordnik.com. [Heart, Dropped. | Her Bad Mother] Reference
A peculiar quiet, an odd kind of alert limpness or numbness, came over me. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
I felt not liking so much as this weakness again, this limpness of the spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Claiming Of Sleeping Beauty]
By the time she had finished he was almost reduced to the limpness of a noodle. From Wordnik.com. [Witches' Brew]
The sudden weakness that came over the girl, the absolute limpness of the body. From Wordnik.com. [The Otherworld]
The limpness of her body spelled recent death or a deep state of unconsciousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Nightmare Begins]
I'm shocked no one has pointed out the incredible limpness that was the end of T4. From Wordnik.com. [/Filmcast Ep. 52 - Terminator Salvation (GUEST: Jeff Cannata from the Totally Rad Show) | /Film] Reference
There is a certain flexibility, which may, perhaps, be called limpness or floppyness. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1969 - Presentation Speech] Reference
But there was an unnatural limpness about the thing, and the hideous eyes were glazed. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquering Sword of Conan]
How did people dropping and adopting nonviolent resistance limpness merit police brutality?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
The thin barrier of her nightgown didn't keep out the sensation of the growing limpness of his body. From Wordnik.com. [Heart Of Stone]
I had felt the limpness of his body, and if he had only been feigning sleep he would have heard my whispers. From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of the Pharaohs]
Replays showed Hilfenhaus to have overstepped the crease comfortably, but that does not excuse the limpness of the stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Strauss Must Hope Pitch Will Turn] Reference
Brother Herward heaved a great sigh that first stiffened his little frame, and then let it collapse dispiritedly into limpness. From Wordnik.com. [The Virgin In The Ice]
Like so many ghosts haunting our inner most lives, we can't see them clearly and out limpid limpness forbids even a passing glance. From Wordnik.com. [A Mess] Reference
The point he makes about the limpness and aimlessness of what is supposed to be a tough and constructive process deserves attention. From Wordnik.com. [Savvy blogger suffers real-life school reform] Reference
But the limpness which the reaction from such deadly fear threw him into made handling him easy; and this time, when we launched him forth. From Wordnik.com. [The Aztec Treasure-House] Reference
In the limpness of reaction, she sank into a chair. From Wordnik.com. [The Readjustment] Reference
These are a little thick to cook through, so limpness is a problem. From Wordnik.com. [azcentral.com | news] Reference
But when she sought to rise, she sank back with an ominous limpness. From Wordnik.com. [Bloom of Cactus] Reference
This was the curious sag and limpness, and color and style of my clothes. From Wordnik.com. [A Circuit Rider's Wife] Reference
I freely confess to my own inaction and limpness; but it was all deliberate. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Continent] Reference
But the utter limpness of the body under him stayed his hand from a second blow. From Wordnik.com. [Bloom of Cactus] Reference
Then the limpness became softness, and the very creases took the lines of beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Wives and Daughters] Reference
He could look with righteous toleration upon the limpness of his fellow prisoner. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of the White Mule] Reference
Head down, arms hanging in the limpness of shame, she followed, but without drawing nearer. From Wordnik.com. [The Crown of Life] Reference
From her limpness, and her cold, moist hands, Garth apprehended that she was physically sick. From Wordnik.com. [Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest] Reference
Her proper skating attitude was thought to be that of clinging limpness to some male relative. From Wordnik.com. [Three Men on the Bummel] Reference
"Thank you," said Westover, with as much stiffness as he could command in his physical limpness. From Wordnik.com. [The Landlord at Lion's Head — Complete] Reference
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