How to Use limp in a Sentence

limp

1 of 3 verb
Definition of limpnext
Synonyms for limpnext
  • The damaged ship limped back to port.
  • The injured player limped off the court.
  • The dog was limping slightly.
  • The company has somehow managed to limp along despite the bad economy.
  • Fabbri limped to the bench and down the tunnel to the locker room.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The young girl on the sidewalk was limp by the time she was lifted and placed in a car.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2023
  • Kelce then limped off the field, slamming his helmet to the ground in anger.
    — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Some of it makes my strands so limp that my hair ties will fall off.
    — Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2023
  • Rapinoe limped onto the field at the end of the game wearing a boot on her right foot.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Kelce limped off the field and was sent to the locker room for x-rays as his team finished the first half.
    — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Rodgers then got on a cart to go to the locker room, hopped off near the tunnel and limped inside.
    — Dennis Waszak Jr., Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Rodgers then got on a cart to go to the locker room, hopped off near the tunnel, and limped inside.
    — Dennis Waszak Jr., BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Powell was helped off the field and limping during the Texas A&M game last week.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Here’s a shampoo that works hard to add volume to limp, flat hair.
    — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 28 Feb. 2023
  • With 2:11 left, Byrd limped off with what was described as turf toe.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The murder case has limped along, unresolved, for more than a decade.
    — Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Jokic limped back up the court afterward and stopped to tighten the laces on his right shoe.
    — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 10 June 2023
  • After trying to limp through it, Malone had to take a brief pause.
    — Vulture, 20 Oct. 2022
  • There was some concern when Fox came up limping late in the first quarter.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Footage from the railyard around the time of the murder showed an unknown man limping around.
    — Amanda Karrh, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • From an injury standpoint, the Angels are limping to the break.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • Perhaps 1,000 sailors would die, and the carrier would limp back to port for repairs.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 31 May 2023
  • Tech stocks continued to limp through the first week of January.
    — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Most were silently prostrate on their backs, their paws limp in the air, passed out in the nearly 100-degree heat.
    — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Overall, Wall Street limped to the finish line of its third losing week in a row on Friday.
    — al, 19 Aug. 2023
  • At one point, Watts’ character rolls her ankle, forcing her to limp the rest of the way.
    — cleveland, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Volodymyr, limping along on crutches, had to be lifted into the train car.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Chase was running a route with 0:20 to go in the first half and while running in stride, appeared to suffer the injury that forced him to limp off the field.
    — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2022
  • In addition, running back Jalen Berger was forced to leave the game after limping off the field in the first half.
    — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The Chiefs experienced a scare near the end of Thursday's practice when Rice accidentally was stepped on and limped off the field.
    — Dave Skretta, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2024
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limp

2 of 3 noun
  • We noticed that the dog was walking with a slight limp.
  • The virus left her walking with a limp for the rest of her life.
    — Valeria Luiselli, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The agents say the suspect speaks with a deep voice and walks with a limp.
    — Frank Miles, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2020
  • No, a limp to the sideline to visit the trainer and watch the punter take over on the field.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2020
  • His pitch count of plays, and gut-wrenching signs of a limp, were enough to show it.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The two-time All-Star walked into the locker room with a slight limp.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2021
  • Flax walked off with a limp and returned in the second half.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Stern alleged the shot left him with severe pain, a large bruise and a limp.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2021
  • The robber also walks with a limp in his right leg and speaks with a deep voice.
    — NBC News, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Darius Leonard came up with a limp on one play in the second half.
    — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Saute green onions in hot oil in large soup pot until limp.
    — Judy Walker, NOLA.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The man also walked with a limp and was last seen wearing a dirty white shirt and jeans.
    — Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2020
  • The injury left him with a limp and a dependence on a crutch in one hand.
    — Aarefa Johari, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Right guard Teven Jenkins left the locker room with a clear limp.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Barnes walks with a slight limp due to an ankle injury.
    — Isaac Yu, Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2022
  • But as the years passed, old age came along and replaced Jaspie’s brisk but waddling walk with a limp.
    — Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Bosa watched team drills from the sideline and was walking without a limp.
    — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Still, Michelle said, the buck had no limp, and no obvious signs of injury.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 10 Dec. 2020
  • An older woman with a limp who knew Smalls from the JFK8 warehouse rushed up to talk.
    — Greg Jaffe, Washington Post, 12 June 2022
  • As a kid growing up in the wake of the war, I was always moved by the sight of older men marching with a limp.
    — Lonnie G. Bunch Iii, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Woods walked with a noticeable limp throughout the round.
    — Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2022
  • My stepmother knew a boy across the street who was in a wheelchair and a girl at school who walked with a limp.
    — Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
  • The bear could be seen on video ambling with a visible limp.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 1 June 2023
  • Keanu will fall from three-story buildings, land on his head, and get up with a limp.
    — Wyatt Mason, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
  • With a smile on his face and without a limp in his step, Woods took a spot on the left side of the range and quickly went through a warmup.
    — Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Phomachanh walked off under his own power, but with a limp.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Both men were heavyset, with tired eyes; Smokes, who had knee and hip problems, walked with a limp.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2020
  • But despite the promise of that title, this wheezing romp slows to a limp.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The operation left her with scar tissue that prevented the full range of motion, early arthritis and a permanent limp.
    — Katie Camero, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • McConnell's concussion in March McConnell, a polio survivor, has for years walked with a noticeable limp and often has been assisted by aides and others when walking up and down the stairs.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
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limp

3 of 3 adjective
  • He gave me a very limp handshake.
  • This plant isn't doing well—look how limp the leaves are.
  • I suddenly went limp and collapsed on the floor.
  • He was limp with fatigue.
  • Her hair hung limp around her shoulders.
  • And to be fair, there’s a bit more to the Bass plan than a few limp sound bites.
    — Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Thanks to the restoration process, none of the trim wobbles or creaks, and no levers sit limp.
    — Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But even as the steaming pieces of cod cooled, the crust never went limp.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2022
  • When Floyd went limp, Kueng and Lane checked Floyd for a pulse but could not find one.
    — Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
  • Bystanders can be heard on the video screaming in shock as the coach's body goes limp.
    — Michael Murney, Chron, 5 May 2023
  • When Floyd went limp, both Kueng and Lane checked Floyd for a pulse but could not find one.
    — Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 27 July 2022
  • Her breath was faint, her body was limp, and her eyes were rolled into the back of her head.
    — Zak Jason, Wired, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The meat was dry and stringy, the bun soggy from all that sauce and the fries were limp and unsalted.
    — Brenda Cain, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Leaving the greens attached can cause the carrots to go limp.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 11 June 2022
  • As the corporal tried to help him out and give him water, the man went limp.
    — Mirzahussain Sadid, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The phone remained limp in my palm for hours, teasing me with new routes to nowhere.
    — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The snake is already limp when the gator uses a wrestling-like move to flip and thrash it against a small piece of grass.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023
  • Footage of his limp body had somehow made it to Twitter.
    — Khari Nixon, SPIN, 30 June 2022
  • The three men then appear to drag at least two limp people onto the truck bed, the video shows.
    — Josh Campbell, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The two sides kept pushing the route line back and forth between them like a limp noodle.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
  • This mousse doesn’t leave a trace in your hair, but helps limp hair get an extra oomph.
    — Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Most spears will turn a bit limp and lame if they're put into fridge.
    — Jessica Hanners, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Not everybody who walks with a limp needs to be Richard III.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2022
  • In the wreckage below, men pulled the limp body of a child from under a slab next to a burning car.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2023
  • A second later, three feet of tarpon launched clear of the water … and the line went limp.
    — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
  • They are done when they are softened and a bit limp, but not fully cooked.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Jones turns both sides of Two-Face into a limp wannabe Joker.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Nearby, the mother of another teen wept on the ground as her son’s body went limp on the cross.
    — Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2022
  • Smack in the middle is Asaf, whom the play proceeds to put through a tribal-political wringer that leaves him — and left me — a limp dishrag.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Now, my nighttime hands grab only limp fabric and empty air.
    — Longreads, 11 Jan. 2024

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