Sentence examples similar to a lifeless bat from inspiring English sources

BOSTON -- In a second attempt to jump-start Josh Hamilton's lifeless bat, Angels Manager Mike Scioscia moved the struggling right fielder from the fifth spot in the batting order to the second spot -- between Mike Trout and Albert Pujols -- for the first game of Saturday's split-doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park.

BBC Radio Nottingham's Dave Bracegirdle: "Another advantageous position failed to bring a positive result for Notts as the bat continued its dominance over the ball on the final day at Hove. "A lifeless track stifled the impact of Broad and Peter Siddle, but at least the batsmen made merry, as they had done for the bulk of this contest.

They were denied by a combination of a lifeless pitch and the defiance shown by Holder, Ramdin and, late in the day, Kemar Roach, who batted for an hour and a quarter for an unbeaten 15.

But Mr Tendulkar, in his one opportunity to bat, managed to score only 10. Would he do better in front of his home crowd in Mumbai Batting first, on a lifeless pitch, the West Indians again collapsed.

Labour had become a lifeless party.

Wouldn't that be a lifeless existence?

In fact it is a lifeless desert.

A Guinness beer bottle firmly gripped by a lifeless hand?

A lifeless foot sticks out of a pile of plaster.

"But Madiba himself strongly resisted such a lifeless portrait.

A man lies on the ground - a lifeless body.