Limper

One bird, which we nick-named 'limper' back in 2005, has the habit of mobbing us even from distances as much as 400m - she is the only bird that does that, and she does it every year we locate her. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But official flows into U.S. dollar assets are far limper compared with that, according to Nomura. ❋ Richard Barley (2011)

But, then, one damned thing leads to another: in this case, an even limper Times leader berating BBC Radio Lincolnshire and some 70 other blameless, bemused stations or channels as engines of "domination" of poor little Sky – plus a matching Sun tirade from Kelvin MacKenzie belabouring the "duds" who lack Rupert's spunk. ❋ Peter Preston (2010)

As a recovering limper, the following resolution for healing is prescribed: ❋ Dr. Cara Barker (2010)

Not unless Cap had an unfortunate scrambling of the genes and emerged with wrists limper than most. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I picture him melting like the wicked witch of the west soaked in water; I picture her hair becoming limper, the layers tragically falling from a prime Rachel to a season nine Chandler. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The second approach is to use something limper, like polymer (which can be made fast and cheap) and strengthen the stock with an aluminum spine. ❋ Unknown (2008)

• In Munich, proceedings were somewhat limper: Werder Bremen held the champions to a 0-0 draw. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Even the climax feels limper and more perfunctory, and the story alterations feel unnecessary and drain what emotional impact there was in the first place. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So what if golf is played by the kind of smug cretinous goons who you would pretend not to notice were they getting ever limper under a dust cloud of ASBO fists on a late night bus – this game is amazing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you want to know the facts about press coverage of the Harvard plagiarism scandal, go to Philip Weiss's excellent post trumpeting the Harvard Crimson's tireless coverage over limper entries from the New York Times. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Now, one camp of children's literature enthusiasts is probably going to carp that no children's books are among the twenty or so (Updike's Rabbit books and McCarthy's Border Trilogy are counted as single titles) that received more than one vote (again, this exercise gets limper and limper the more one thinks about it). ❋ Roger Sutton (2006)

Bias ruffles are a bit softer (which also means limper) than ruffles cut on the cross grain (along the weft, or, as we say, from weft to right, across the fabric) or on the lengthwise grain (parallel to the selvedge). ❋ Unknown (2008)

That is a neocon masturbatory fantasy that is getting limper and limper. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Can his 'clapping' hands get any limper? via The Sideshow ❋ Unknown (2007)

A priceless humiliation of the wet and guileless Libbie 'leader' Nicol Stephen - limper than lettuce- real 'leader' Tavish Scott was the highlight of FMQ's today. ❋ Unknown (2007)