Examples of inanimate object in a Sentence
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Hogg’s is the first film in the Tales series to make an inanimate object the star.
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Samantha Conti, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
Despite Camille being reduced to an inanimate object that can do little more than sit with a blank look in her eyes, her conversations with her overbearing mother don’t change that much.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
Fudgie the Whale Sure, Fudgie’s technically an inanimate object, but he — and Carvel’s website makes his pronouns clear — also raises a question central to this episode.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 21 June 2024
The latest big-leaguer to lose a fight with an inanimate object is Oakland closer Mason Miller, who suffered a broken left hand.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
Davis might as well have been interrogating an inanimate object.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 19 Sep. 2024
That is the rarest of abilities as a musician, to take this inanimate object and give it a singular voice.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2024
Shepherd proceeded to beat up the inanimate object, locking its head between her legs, slamming it into the ground, and rolling around with it on a mat.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 31 May 2023
It is based on the physician acting upon the patient, who is treated as an inanimate object.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
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Samantha Conti, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
Despite Camille being reduced to an inanimate object that can do little more than sit with a blank look in her eyes, her conversations with her overbearing mother don’t change that much.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
Fudgie the Whale Sure, Fudgie’s technically an inanimate object, but he — and Carvel’s website makes his pronouns clear — also raises a question central to this episode.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 21 June 2024
The latest big-leaguer to lose a fight with an inanimate object is Oakland closer Mason Miller, who suffered a broken left hand.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
Davis might as well have been interrogating an inanimate object.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 19 Sep. 2024
That is the rarest of abilities as a musician, to take this inanimate object and give it a singular voice.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2024
Shepherd proceeded to beat up the inanimate object, locking its head between her legs, slamming it into the ground, and rolling around with it on a mat.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 31 May 2023
It is based on the physician acting upon the patient, who is treated as an inanimate object.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Inanimate object.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inanimate%20object. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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