How to Use anemic in a Sentence
anemic
adjective
- The band played an anemic rendition of a classic love song.
- The doctor told me I was slightly anemic.
- Investors are worried about the stock's anemic performance.
- Officials worried about anemic attendance at the shows.
- Sales rose an anemic 0.5 percent last quarter.
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That compares with the anemic 1.1% pace of growth in Q1.
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Gwynn Guilford,
Quartz,
26 July 2019
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The outlook and anemic sales sent shares down more than 18%.
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Anne D'innocenzio,
chicagotribune.com,
19 Nov. 2019
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The defense hasn't looked bad, but the offense is sort of anemic.
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Brett Dawson,
The Courier-Journal,
28 Dec. 2021
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The kelp was anemic, with pale, stunted leaves or no growth at all.
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New York Times,
10 June 2022
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The flesh should have a brilliant hue and shouldn’t be anemic or pale looking.
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Robin Miller,
The Arizona Republic,
14 Feb. 2024
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The Democrats lost the House in the 2010 midterm election amid an anemic recovery.
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Larry Edelman,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Feb. 2021
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Sunday was the best the Cowboys’ anemic offense has looked in 2022.
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Dallas News,
30 Oct. 2022
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Leaf blades are yellowed, and patches of the lawn look anemic.
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Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Apr. 2024
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The anemic offense went from 93rd in the Kenpom metric to 44th now.
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Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Mar. 2021
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The Outlooks calls for an anemic increase of 5,000 next year.
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Aldo Svaldi,
The Denver Post,
9 Dec. 2024
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Biogen slashed the price of Aduhelm roughly in half last month amid anemic sales.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Jan. 2022
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The Lions, 0-8 and the only winless team in the NFL, have one of the league's most anemic offenses.
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Dave Birkett,
Detroit Free Press,
12 Nov. 2021
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And anyway, given the anemic state of mainstream modern rock in 2024, the band might as well be the Rolling Stones at this point.
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Brian McCollum,
Detroit Free Press,
1 Aug. 2024
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The Colts have been anemic on offense and porous on defense.
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Scott Horner,
The Indianapolis Star,
29 Nov. 2022
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Yuma Catholic has been up and down, looking anemic one game and like world beaters the next.
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Richard Obert,
azcentral,
12 Nov. 2019
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The work stoppage was a new blow to Haiti’s anemic economy.
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Time,
20 Oct. 2021
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The team needed to revive an anemic offense that had fallen to the lower-third of MLB.
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Lindsey Adler,
WSJ,
30 Oct. 2022
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Job growth in April and May, while not anemic, fell well below the hopes that more than one million jobs could be added per month in the spring.
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Washington Post,
2 July 2021
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That’s good, because the spiky and dry kale salad and the anemic grilled market salad (what grill?
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Mike Sutter,
ExpressNews.com,
18 July 2019
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The Dodgers offense was so anemic in the 1960s that many times Koufax could not afford to give up more than one or two runs in a game to get the win.
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Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2022
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However, the anemic offense casts a long shadow over the whole team.
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Kirkland Crawford,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Apr. 2023
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And through that test, Reynolds learned the little girl was severely anemic – to the point of having a heart murmur.
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The Enquirer,
30 Jan. 2024
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The culprit was an anemic offense despite Malzahn’s track record on that side of the football.
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Edgar Thompson,
orlandosentinel.com,
6 Aug. 2019
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The defense made a play early against Baltimore, but the anemic offense and poor punt return coverage performance let the Ravens score early anyway.
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Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
22 Dec. 2024
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He was dehydrated, anemic, severely underweight and suffering from ear infections in both ears and a skin infection, the rescue said in a news release.
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Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
13 Dec. 2024
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