Infinitive complement

• walk: It will, apparently, even help the lame to walk.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• seem: We thought he was fantastic at the time but now it all seems a bit lame.

• sound: Sonic, a 2D platformer being the star release game, sounds a bit lame to me.

Modifies a noun

• excuse: What a lame excuse for breeding... ... ... .

• duck: In his final weeks of office, far from being a lame duck, Bill Clinton is more popular than ever.

• joke: He's always cracking lame jokes, just to make you laugh.

• leap: Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy.

• cow: Lame cows often need to be treated more than once.

• horse: John Downes's lame horse detained him at Nottingham, by which the poor people got another sermon.

Modifying Another Word

• pretty: Don't get me wrong, I think hurting animals is pretty lame.

• rather: There is also a rather lame wax museum; the less said about it, the better.

• fairly: Hemmo was the main danger on the left, several times skipping past some fairly lame defenders.

• somewhat: On the cover is a nice if somewhat lame, sepia tainted picture of Elvis.

• slightly: Sir Rembrandt will miss the race after being found slightly lame and Spot the Difference has been pulled out as well.

• so: Man, some rock'n'roll has got so lame nowadays.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: This all makes New Labor's obsession with cultural industry seem rather lame.

• sound: I know the name sounds lame, it is supposed to!

• go: He must have gone lame, or worse " .

• become: A 17 hands Show Horse became lame in a hind leg.

• look: But the mommy looks pretty lame so it's hard to cheer on anyone at all.