FLACCID in a Sentence

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Example sentences for FLACCID, such as:

1. The cheeks would become hollow or flaccid.
2. His sedentary life had left him with flaccid muscles.
3. His breathing was hoarse, his face livid, his limbs flaccid, his belly prominent.
4. Since Prince Andrew had last seen him Kutuzov had grown still more corpulent, flaccid, and fat.

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 Meanings and Examples of FLACCID
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
flaccid
 a.  acting in strength, firmness, or resilience
Classic Sentence:
1  Her hair, drawn low over the tops of her ears, was grey; and grey also, with darker shadows, was her large flaccid face.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
2  The cheeks would become hollow or flaccid.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
3  What exhausted her was the sight of Bea and Olaf turned into flaccid invalids, uncomfortably flushed after taking food, begging for the healing of sleep at night.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  Since Prince Andrew had last seen him Kutuzov had grown still more corpulent, flaccid, and fat.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XV
5  His breathing was hoarse, his face livid, his limbs flaccid, his belly prominent.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE
Example Sentence:
1  His sedentary life had left him with flaccid muscles.
2  The program included a lacklustre and flaccid account of Rossini's Overture to "La gazza ladra".