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Discover LudwigThe phrase "had gone limp" is grammatically correct and is usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a person or object that has lost stiffness or strength, typically due to exhaustion, fear, or defeat. Example: After hours of running, his legs had gone limp, and he collapsed on the ground, gasping for air.
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But the pedal "had gone limp," she said.
He looked like a doll whose stuffing had gone limp.
Her body had gone limp, her thin legs wobbling in their cabled black tights.
"We want Florida!" But the crowd -- rain-soaked, shivering and weary -- had gone limp.
He looked terrified; his body had gone limp and his arms jerked up like a puppet's when Mohammed demanded to search him.
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A WOMAN calls 911 to report that a baby in her care has gone limp.
What butchers sell is actually carrion -- meat that has gone limp after 36 hours.
The woman has gone limp; her body looks and moves at times like she's a CPR dummy.
The beanbags in the children's library have gone limp; broken doors into the quiet study areas haven't been fixed, and neither has the scenic glass lift to the top floor garden and Shakespeare memorial room.
The joy of early Saturday dawn, when Russian forces worked to retrieve the hostages from the theater complex in southeast Moscow, has gone limp as the death toll rises.
Despite his book's title, Zhang does not think China has gone limp.
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