How to Use anemic in a Sentence
anemic
adjective
- The band played an anemic rendition of a classic love song.
- The doctor told me I was slightly anemic.
- Investors are worried about the stock's anemic performance.
- Officials worried about anemic attendance at the shows.
- Sales rose an anemic 0.5 percent last quarter.
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The vast number of bites leave horses and cattle anemic and bleeding under their skins.
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CBS News,
11 Sep. 2020
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Now, however, anemic funding has put the center’s mission at risk.
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Caitlin Rivers,
Foreign Affairs,
2 July 2024
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California's anemic summer rain has dropped 41% in the past 30 years.
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Seth Borenstein,
Star Tribune,
19 Sep. 2020
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California’s anemic summer rain has dropped 41% in the past 30 years.
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Seth Borenstein,
chicagotribune.com,
20 Sep. 2020
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The new poll shows Trump in his best shape in months, though still a long way from even that anemic victory margin against Hillary Clinton.
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Todd J. Gillman,
Dallas News,
6 Sep. 2020
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Around the corner from village chief Xu's office, Yung-hsung Chen nodded at the hiring agencies lining the anemic streets.
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Washington Post,
10 Sep. 2020
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What Giants fans have to complain about is the team’s anemic offense, which will be without running back Saquon Barkley (knee) for the rest of the season.
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Mark Heim | [email protected],
al,
27 Sep. 2020
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North Korea’s anemic economy was hit by tough sanctions to punish it for nuclear and missile tests in 2017.
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Jeong-Ho Lee,
Bloomberg.com,
29 Aug. 2020
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Inventory of homes for sale last month barely increased, to 1.3 months, compared to July’s anemic 1.2 months.
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oregonlive,
25 Sep. 2020
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Business investment was anemic again in 2019, even before the pandemic’s economic blow.
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Washington Post,
5 Sep. 2020
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Cash is dwindling, plane production is anemic and the stock is heading for its worst annual performance since the financial crisis in 2008.
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Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2024
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The defense hasn't looked bad, but the offense is sort of anemic.
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Brett Dawson,
The Courier-Journal,
28 Dec. 2021
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The kelp was anemic, with pale, stunted leaves or no growth at all.
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New York Times,
10 June 2022
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The flesh should have a brilliant hue and shouldn’t be anemic or pale looking.
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Robin Miller,
The Arizona Republic,
14 Feb. 2024
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The Democrats lost the House in the 2010 midterm election amid an anemic recovery.
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Larry Edelman,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Feb. 2021
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Sunday was the best the Cowboys’ anemic offense has looked in 2022.
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Dallas News,
30 Oct. 2022
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Leaf blades are yellowed, and patches of the lawn look anemic.
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Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Apr. 2024
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The anemic offense went from 93rd in the Kenpom metric to 44th now.
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Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Mar. 2021
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Biogen slashed the price of Aduhelm roughly in half last month amid anemic sales.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Jan. 2022
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The Lions, 0-8 and the only winless team in the NFL, have one of the league's most anemic offenses.
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Dave Birkett,
Detroit Free Press,
12 Nov. 2021
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And anyway, given the anemic state of mainstream modern rock in 2024, the band might as well be the Rolling Stones at this point.
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Brian McCollum,
Detroit Free Press,
1 Aug. 2024
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The Colts have been anemic on offense and porous on defense.
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Scott Horner,
The Indianapolis Star,
29 Nov. 2022
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The work stoppage was a new blow to Haiti’s anemic economy.
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Time,
20 Oct. 2021
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The team needed to revive an anemic offense that had fallen to the lower-third of MLB.
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Lindsey Adler,
WSJ,
30 Oct. 2022
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Job growth in April and May, while not anemic, fell well below the hopes that more than one million jobs could be added per month in the spring.
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Washington Post,
2 July 2021
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