How to Use flaccid in a Sentence

flaccid

adjective

• Take care not to overcook, lest the pasta turn flaccid and shred.
  — Gabrielle Hamilton, House Beautiful, 26 Apr. 2012
• In the softest Comfort setting, the 3-series goes flaccid; when set to Sport+, the dampers are way too stiff.
  — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 26 July 2017
• As our patient went flaccid, two thoughts flew through my head.
  — Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2015
• Put away thoughts of the ballpark and flaccid franks steeping in tepid water.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2018
• The flaccid pouch at his neck tumesces with song, sharp little honks that sound like didgeridoo notes.
  — Anna Peele, Washington Post, 24 June 2020
• You will be left to roll about in a tiny death chair accessorized with a dodgy buckle and flaccid strap.
  — Kimberly Harrington, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2021
• That, a ham and cheese croissant and a chocolate twist pastry were more flaccid than flaky.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
• As late as the early ’90s, hefty players in flaccid khakis like John Daly were winning tours.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2021
• After just five minutes, Wiener said, the pie’s edges become flaccid and chewy.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2023
• Pitch-black squid ink dumplings stuffed with pork and peanuts, as well as the spinach-green dumpings crowned with a dollop of XO sauce, tend to go flaccid in the steamer.
  — Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2018
• Incredibly flaccid and safe, Mayday Parade's pop punk reeks of the mid-aughts in the worst way.
  — Luca Cimarusti, Chicago Reader, 12 Sep. 2017
• This gives their muscles appear more toned and firm than flaccid and flabby.
  — Tiffany Ayuda, Health.com, 15 June 2020
• Another is the pollo con mole verde, in which the nutty sauce cannot conceal the flaccid skin that slips and slides atop the chicken leg and thigh.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 1 July 2022
• The naked tail of a hermit crab is a flaccid, unsexy, and vulnerable thing.
  — Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2012
• Men are her medium and this sculpture series Used Men (2021) reveals only a flaccid shell of a body.
  — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
• Previous cases of acute flaccid myelitis and death in children have also now been linked to the virus.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2022
• As for an adult member, the average length is 3.5 inches flaccid and 5.1 inches erect.
  — Madeleine Burry, Health.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Yet not even Hart’s sheer, headlong Kevin Hart-ness can do anything for this loud, coarse, flaccid comedy.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
• Since then, the genre has gone flaccid, and like most flaccid things concerning white men, there’s been almost too much analysis of why.
  — Vulture, 5 Apr. 2022
• It had recently been linked with acute flaccid myelitis.
  — Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2022
• While there may have been a flat tire or two on one of the Polka Dot floats, there was nothing flaccid about the tableau, which proceeded at a refreshingly brisk pace.
  — The Masked Observer, AL.com, 4 Feb. 2018
• The textiles, dotted with human teeth and flaccid balloons, are embalmed in clear, glistening resin that holds it all in place.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
• This one had deformed into a long, narrow ellipse, like a flaccid rubber band.
  — Laura Preston, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
• Instead, we are presented with what can only be described as a montage of flaccid penises of any and all sizes.
  — Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 17 Mar. 2022
• As the test subject took off the exoskeleton, Spungen saw his feet dangle and become flaccid, a clear sign of paralysis.
  — Avi Jorisch, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2018
• The camera wouldn’t avoid sags, cellulite, stomach rolls, flaccid penises.
  — New York Times, 12 Jan. 2022
• The case was first thought to be acute flaccid myelitis, a condition that can mimic polio, and is likely caused by a different virus.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2022
• Shocking censors with close-ups of flaccid penises and jiggling breasts, the film became ground zero in the anti-porn battles.
  — Jennifer Le Zotte, Smithsonian, 17 Aug. 2017
• Genitalia are all over the recent paintings, whether flaccid penises drooping over scrotums or volatile vulvae.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• An unsophisticated rigid-axle rear suspension and soft damping result in the best boulevard ride but the most flaccid handling.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024