How to use "listless" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "listless" in popular movie and book plots

  • Their contrasting styles are presented as an object lesson on how to cure a listless marriage.  - How to Undress in Front of Your Husband
  • His listless existence is changed when he meets Ines, a former volleyball player who works as a masseuse in his gym.  - Love Life of a Gentle Coward
  • Caroline, however, is listless and uninterested in the wedding, eventually calling it off and making plans to sell Hundreds Hall.  - The Little Stranger
  • Her parents drag a listless Sarah to Europe, where well-meaning friends and family force their nephews, sons and grandsons on her.  - Jewels (novel)
  • Aunt M herself is extremely inattentive and listless because mrs Cullen keeps her sedated with pills.  - December Flower
  • Wayne leaves in a hurry while mr Miller asks the listless Margy if she had a good time at the fair.  - State Fair (1945 film)
  • 1280 is the first-person narrative of Nick Corey, the listless sheriff of Potts County, the "47th largest county in the state".  - Pop. 1280
  • His transformation from listless bureaucrat to passionate advocate puzzles them.  - Ikiru
  • Joyless, listless and chronically sick, Banks regularly visits doctors who can find nothing wrong with him.  - Joe Versus the Volcano
  • At home, Catherine is listless and unhappy.  - Northanger Abbey

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