moribund

• “The entrance of Mr. Prokhorov, 45, into politics could enliven a domestic political scene that even Kremlin officials have called moribund.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Nets Owner to Lead Russia Party

• “Across town, the China Grill restaurant at the Park Hyatt hotel is also enjoying a surge in business, though as recently as three years ago, the same hotel that is fully booked had to create special promotions to stoke business during what had been traditionally known as a moribund period.”

  The Wall Street Journal: China's New Year Feasts Go Upmarket

• “The enemy that Johnson and the generals had described as moribund had shown itself to be very alive and, as yet, unbeaten.”

  Think Progress » VIDEO: Bush Agrees Current Iraq Violence May Be ‘Jihadist Equivalent Of The Tet Offensive’

• “Well, I think a language with ten speakers can be safely called moribund anyway.”

  languagehat.com: WAGIMAN.

• “Even the famous Comedie Francaise for some years has been in a moribund condition, and I suspect that the intended English National Theatre will remain a permanent argument instead of a concrete fact, because the English at the back of their minds always seem to muddle through, as the phrase goes, and do the wise thing; and I feel they have refrained for so many years from building a national theatre, in spite of continuous efforts to build one, because they see that it too would shortly become what I only call a moribund mess.”

  The Future of the Legitimate Theatre

• “What should be remembered is that those books that most fulfill SF Signal's request are almost by definition those read by the contributors at a formative period in their lives, almost certainly the early teens; that these works should then be cited is hardly surprising, and certainly not an indication that sf is somehow in a 'moribund' state.”

  Archive 2010-05-01

• “I don't see anyone slagging off those particular works as somehow making literature 'moribund' simply by means of their age.”

  Archive 2010-05-01

• “Let's kill this stupid 'moribund' meme right now before it gets any more irritating.”

  Archive 2010-05-01

• “Hoving set about his task at the "moribund" museum with as much relish as he had applied as parks commissioner.”

  Archive 2009-12-01

• “The editorial page of the World called the LWV "moribund" to try to discredit their opposition to recall, but in fact the local LWV is more active than ever, and their principled stand against recall has attracted new members and volunteers.”

  Recall: Cockroaches fake LWV calls - BatesLine

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