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.
• The outlook and anemic sales sent shares down more than 18%.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2019
• The defense hasn't looked bad, but the offense is sort of anemic.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 28 Dec. 2021
• The kelp was anemic, with pale, stunted leaves or no growth at all.
  — New York Times, 10 June 2022
• The flesh should have a brilliant hue and shouldn’t be anemic or pale looking.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024
• The Democrats lost the House in the 2010 midterm election amid an anemic recovery.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2021
• Sunday was the best the Cowboys’ anemic offense has looked in 2022.
  — Dallas News, 30 Oct. 2022
• Leaf blades are yellowed, and patches of the lawn look anemic.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
• The anemic offense went from 93rd in the Kenpom metric to 44th now.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021
• Biogen slashed the price of Aduhelm roughly in half last month amid anemic sales.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2022
• The Lions, 0-8 and the only winless team in the NFL, have one of the league's most anemic offenses.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2021
• And anyway, given the anemic state of mainstream modern rock in 2024, the band might as well be the Rolling Stones at this point.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024
• The Colts have been anemic on offense and porous on defense.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Nov. 2022
• Yuma Catholic has been up and down, looking anemic one game and like world beaters the next.
  — Richard Obert, azcentral, 12 Nov. 2019
• The work stoppage was a new blow to Haiti’s anemic economy.
  — Time, 20 Oct. 2021
• The team needed to revive an anemic offense that had fallen to the lower-third of MLB.
  — Lindsey Adler, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
• 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.
  — Washington Post, 2 July 2021
• The Dodgers offense was so anemic in the 1960s that many times Koufax could not afford to give up more than one or two runs in a game to get the win.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022
• However, the anemic offense casts a long shadow over the whole team.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
• And through that test, Reynolds learned the little girl was severely anemic – to the point of having a heart murmur.
  — The Enquirer, 30 Jan. 2024
• More than 60% of people with myeloma are anemic by the time they're diagnosed, per the IMF.
  — Barbara Brody, Health.com, 17 Sep. 2021
• Does the anemic gain speak to a broader trend in car buying, and the slow death of the proverbial American driver?
  — Aarian Marshall, Wired, 15 Mar. 2020
• The opposite of being anemic: too many red blood cells, making the blood thicker and more prone to clot.
  — Men's Health, 6 Feb. 2023
• The Tigers were held to two hits on Wednesday night, which is poor even by the anemic standards their offense has set this season.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2022
• In the wake of the 2023 writers’ and actors’ strikes, local crew members and creatives described an anemic return to production as major companies sought to slash costs and the era of Peak TV came to a screeching halt.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
• The government is anemic, the U.N.-backed mission that supports Haiti’s understaffed police department lacks funding and personnel, and gangs now control 85% of the capital.
  — Danica Coto, Chicago Tribune, 24 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025