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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Ryan Fitzpatrick came in relief in the eighth inning, provided a good spark to a moribund offense but couldn’t pull out the win.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2020
• Maybe that’s why the series was moribund for nearly a decade before Rae revived it to mixed results.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2023
• The same goes for the rest of this unfortunate thriller, a moribund vanity project that will find few takers.
  — Rene Rodriguez, Variety, 28 Jan. 2022
• The burst of activity is kindling hope that the moribund IPO market might be poised for a revival.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2023
• No decision has been made yet by the state on large conventions, a sector that has been moribund since the start of the pandemic.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2021
• The multi-building project was in a once moribund stretch of northern downtown Atlanta where I-75/85 enters the city.
  — Ben Smith, ajc, 7 June 2022
• Philbin was equipped with a few tools that would prove to be essential to turning the moribund Hammer into a thriving hub.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• Only eight games will remain after the Yanks leave town and the Sox will have a chance to feast on moribund Orioles and Nationals in the final week.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• Money market accounts were moribund through the low-interest years, but not today.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
• Paradoxically, the Arab Spring breathed new life into seemingly moribund Arab states.
  — Shadi Hamid, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024