Bouncing
Bouncing adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.
Usage example: a bouncing dance routine that should be good for an aerobics class
Dead
Dead adjective - Of, relating to, or suggestive of death.
Usage example: fell into a dead faint upon hearing the news
Nearby Word: deadly
Both words in one sentence
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The Serbian film No Man's Land had something similar occur - a person presumed dead was set up with a bouncing mine underneath them.
Source: Jumping on a Grenade -
While inmates in Dead Leaves are often killed off randomly and rapidly, Chinko Drill actually survived a lot, like repeatedly attacking 777 and just bouncing off.
Source: Mauve Shirt -
Monty Python's Flying Circus has many bad things trying to kill Mr Gumby, including but not limited to dead parrots, Vikings on unicycles, pillow-tossing members of the Spanish Inquisition, piggy banks, vicious gangs of "Keep Left" signs and bouncing black spots.
Source: Everything Trying to Kill You
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