How to Use moribund in a Sentence

moribund

adjective

• The peace talks are moribund.
• The new film is a shot in the arm for a moribund genre.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
• But the ratings for the show out of the gate were moribund.
  — Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 5 June 2023
• That could be enough to get the moribund Suns back to the playoffs.
  — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 8 July 2019
• Wout Weghorst, who’d just been sent on to spark the moribund Dutch, got one back on a header in the 83rd.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
• But Dean warns that these groups are far from moribund.
  — Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister, CNN, 23 May 2018
• Their last week was a win over the moribund Cal offense.
  — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 30 Oct. 2019
• Through Lehrer’s work, a moribund piece of city has been brought back to leafy, ebullient life.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
• The rise of the moribund franchise has been nothing short of shocking.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2022
• This came as something of a surprise, and not only to the moribund regime.
  — Brian Stewart, National Review, 10 Aug. 2019
• The Jerusalem issue and the moribund peace process are expected to be high on the agenda.
  — Josef Federman and Tia Goldenberg, Houston Chronicle, 10 Dec. 2017
• One of the lieutenant governor’s few duties is to be the chair of the board, which had grown moribund.
  — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
• Grand Forks is not a moribund city in desperate need of work.
  — New York Times, 17 July 2022
• The Bucs hope the 43-year-old’s bold move south will help revive a moribund franchise and lead to a Super Bowl run.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2020
• Marisnick's return to the Major League club has mirrored the moribund stretch that forced him from it in the first place.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 30 May 2018
• In the run-up to the trade deadline, the Cavs were a broken, moribund team plagued by injuries and infighting.
  — Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 15 Feb. 2018
• The new jobs offer a small bit of hope in the still moribund New Orleans tourism industry.
  — Anthony McAuley | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 9 Feb. 2021
• With Biden no longer atop the ticket, the moribund Democratic grassroots came to life.
  — Charlotte Alter/philadelphia, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
• The Indians made the playoffs in Terry's first year in 2013 with what was thought to be a moribund franchise.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 28 Dec. 2017
• The parade came at a time when suffrage efforts seemed moribund.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018
• As a result, the Reno housing market has gone from moribund to scorching.
  — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2018
• Cal’s offense has been moribund for most of the season, with or without Garbers.
  — Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 16 Nov. 2019
• In 1979, he was hired to take over a moribund Miami program that had not won more than six games in a season in more than a decade.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 27 Mar. 2021
• The days when a general manager could swing a deal to shake up a moribund roster are all but gone.
  — Carol Schram, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• That’s partly because the East is still somewhat moribund, but also because The Process, as it is called, kind of works.
  — Staff Report, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Dec. 2017
• This moribund franchise had signed new players for years.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Apr. 2021
• The top pick in the 2021 draft was supposed to inject some life into the Detroit Pistons’ moribund offense.
  — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2021
• Perhaps this cheeky spirit is just the thing to breathe new life into the moribund festival style scene.
  — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 16 July 2018
• Lamont Paris was hired as the men’s hoops coach in 2022, and Miller figured out a way to lure fans to watch a moribund basketball program in the early weeks of the season.
  — Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2024
• What had felt like a moribund march to Biden's defeat was replaced by huge waves of enthusiasm for Harris, as the party coalesced around her, campaign donations poured in and volunteers began to swarm to her campaign.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 3 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025