Sample Sentences for
inane
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    He gestures towards the general, who smiles inanely at his own put-down.  (source)
    inanely = in a silly or foolish manner
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    Won't want to deal with inane questions, prime-time TV, or Barbie.  (source)
    inane = stupid, silly, or lacking substance
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    She looked through the tattered curtain, across at the handsome face of her husband ... behind whose inane smile, she could now so plainly see the strength, energy, and resourcefulness...  (source)
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    Of course, I hadn't really been watching their inane corporate shitcom every night.†  (source)
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    Logs that bleed, Tyrion thought inanely as the second man came for him.†  (source)
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    We Prices are altogether thought to be peculiarly well-intentioned, and inane.†  (source)
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    I babble inanely to distract myself from the freaking out!†  (source)
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    He also decided that schoolwork was inane and beneath him, but he did it anyway.†  (source)
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    Suddenly, I felt dizzy and sat down and stared dumbly at the scarlet geyser until I started to giggle again, and then we all giggled inanely at each other.†  (source)
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    He would go to school in New Orleans and get such inane notions out of his head.†  (source)
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    "Blind faith," she said, inanely, "I've got it," and thought, God.†  (source)
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    The chocolate brown wicker furniture shot out menacing twigs, and three dozen of us stood tensely teetering our cups amid the wicker and leaves, trying hard not to sound as inane in our conversation with the four present Masters and their wives as they sounded to us.†  (source)
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    I asked inanely.†  (source)
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