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  • adverb In a boneless manner

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Examples

  • The blackened corpse flopped bonelessly upon the floor and lay still, slowly grilling as the flames continued to heat the iron.

    The Green-Eyed Shwemyethna 2010

  • Nicolas Mahut's head is loose and rolling bonelessly on his neck.

    Wimbledon 2010 live blog: 23 June Xan Brooks at Wimbledon 2010

  • By the time his other hand slid down between her legs to fondle her there, she was leaning bonelessly back against him, her head resting against his broad shoulder, her eyes slightly glazed as she watched him pleasuring her, a flush in her cheeks, her lips clamped resolutely together against the soft little moans that crowded against them, which she refused to demean herself by letting him hear.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • By the time his other hand slid down between her legs to fondle her there, she was leaning bonelessly back against him, her head resting against his broad shoulder, her eyes slightly glazed as she watched him pleasuring her, a flush in her cheeks, her lips clamped resolutely together against the soft little moans that crowded against them, which she refused to demean herself by letting him hear.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • Her expression didnt change as she sank bonelessly into Hodges old chair.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • When he arrives in the dark lobby, he describes the beautiful guests draped “bonelessly” over the furniture, an observation he follows with, “Toad-like, I hopped over to reception.”

    La Coquette: 2008

  • Her expression didnt change as she sank bonelessly into Hodges old chair.

    City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008

  • When he arrives in the dark lobby, he describes the beautiful guests draped “bonelessly” over the furniture, an observation he follows with, “Toad-like, I hopped over to reception.”

    Lancome, Day One 2008

  • He taps his helmet, loading up his bad-ass kung-fu ... and sags bonelessly.

    Guilty Miscellany From A Man Who's Too Damned Busy 2005

  • The world lurched around me, tilted, and Eamon slid bonelessly off of the wall to collapse in a heap.

    Thin Air Rachel Caine 2007

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