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 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
• 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
• 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
• By Trump’s robust standards, his fund-raising since the midterms has been anemic.
  — Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2023
• This response was anemic, given the scope of the restrictions...
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 20 July 2021
• The dam eventually broke, as it’s bound to do when your offense is so anemic.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2023
• But the jobs recovery has turned anemic in recent months.
  — Anneken Tappe, CNN, 30 Dec. 2020
• Goldman found pet food to be one of the fastest growing consumer sectors in China, which is expanding despite otherwise anemic spending.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024