fall limply
Frequency: 7.51.9 per million words
To collapse or drop in a weak, boneless manner.
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Examples (10)
- The exhausted runner's arm fell limply to his side.
- After the long hike, he fell limply onto the bed.
- The puppet's strings snapped, and it fell limply to the stage.
- Her head fell limply against his shoulder as she drifted to sleep.
- He tried to stand, but his legs gave out, and he fell limply back into the chair.
- The injured bird fell limply from the sky.
- As the sedative took effect, her body began to fall limply.
- The defeated fighter's gloves fell limply to his sides.
- With a sigh of relief, the heavy book fell limply onto the table.
- The child's hand fell limply from his mother's grasp.