How do you use Limp in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like hitch or hobble, plus the exact meaning.
Limp in a sentence
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Limp meaning
- To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
- To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
- To move or proceed irregularly.
Synonyms of Limp
Using Limp
- The main meaning on this page is: To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg. | To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion. | To move or proceed irregularly.
- Useful related words include: hitch, hobble, go forward, proceed.
- In the example corpus, limp often appears in combinations such as: limp bizkit, with limp, limp and.
Context around Limp
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Limp
- In this selection, "limp" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, facebook, remember, born, bizkit, body and today stand out and add context to how "limp" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a clear limp to her and before going limp as chauvin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "limp" sits close to words such as badges, basins and bazaar, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with limp
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Facebook / Limp Bizkit Remember Limp Bizkit? (6 words)
It’s difficult to notice any limp. (7 words)
It’ll be because of well-heeled, limp-wristed American politicians. (11 words)
A consultant at KKH who wrote the medical report for the case said the baby was born limp with a slow heart rate, and the medical team had to go through the standard resuscitation process. (35 words)
Give thin, limp hair a bit of a boost with the Volu Shampoo from Davines, which is made with a light formula featuring turnip extract to add volume and shine to the hair. (33 words)
Leaving him in a coma and making his right leg shorter than his left leg, Diallo has had to come to terms with being bullied for his limp and living with his disability. (33 words)
Facebook / Limp Bizkit Remember Limp Bizkit? (6 words)
But if they limp to another losing record, will Allen get a chance at year three? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Facebook / Limp Bizkit Remember Limp Bizkit?
He might limp today, he might limp tommorow, but he might be ok on Friday.
The initial non-rigid aircraft was called the A-limp; and a second version called the B-limp was deemed more satisfactory.
A consultant at KKH who wrote the medical report for the case said the baby was born limp with a slow heart rate, and the medical team had to go through the standard resuscitation process.
As she did so, Sing lashed out with one of his crutches at the woman, hitting her in the left leg and causing her to limp.
But he was young and balding, with a pocked face and limp fingers that he wiped over his cheeks in shyness.
But if they limp to another losing record, will Allen get a chance at year three?
But with an existing deformity in her knee from a botched surgery that also left her with a limp, Abakar faced a new set of challenges back home.
By the time Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst told the crowd to "break stuff," they were all too ready to oblige.
During their encounter, Floyd repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe before going limp as Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for 9 1/2 minutes.
Give thin, limp hair a bit of a boost with the Volu Shampoo from Davines, which is made with a light formula featuring turnip extract to add volume and shine to the hair.
He wasn’t wearing his glasses and walks with a limp to the left side.
Inuyasha holds Kagome's limp body tenderly in his arms until she suddenly wakes up.
It’ll be because of well-heeled, limp-wristed American politicians.
It’s difficult to notice any limp.
Jimmy’s (Channing Tatum) limp is carefully calibrated by the actor, proof of his desperation and determination to keep pace with the world.
Leaving him in a coma and making his right leg shorter than his left leg, Diallo has had to come to terms with being bullied for his limp and living with his disability.
Melody said that she now walks with a limp on her left side due to the incident.
Peering through thorns, she said she saw one of her passengers, the girl who had lost her friend, shriek and collapse as a gunman stood over her limp body, grinning.
She walked with a clear limp to her left leg and we believe she may be from the local area.
Common combinations with limp
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- limp bizkit 24×
- with limp 20×
- limp and 17×
- to limp 10×
- and limp 10×
- limp body 8×
- limp to 6×
- limp along 6×
- went limp 5×
- the limp 4×