Modifies a noun

• object: Even inanimate objects can enter into the random spirit.

• matter: These passages present creation, whether by speech or act, as the work of God on the inanimate matter of the universe.

• nature: The tangible can, simply by virtue of its inanimate nature, unlock the meaning of the intangible.

• thing: The decision may affect the world of inanimate things for which we have a special affinity.

• world: Nor is God just concerned with the inanimate world.

• body: I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.

Modifying Another Word

• even: Even inanimate objects can enter into the random spirit.

• not: What if they are not inanimate objects, as people in the West have been taught to believe, but rather living presences?

• largely: Indeed, tho largely inanimate - with the exception of a few jerky automatons - many of the figures are extremely lifelike.

• almost: He did not see his old mother, who had fallen back almost inanimate upon a bench.