languor
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The long sobs / Of the violins / Of autumn / Wound my heart / With a monotonous / Languor.
From Forbes • Sep. 5, 2013
Languor and uneasiness would seize on every one, even the denizens of the forest, betraying it by their motions.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter
Swinburne often meant very little, and in his heart of hearts Ferguson thought Languor was, on the whole, more melodious than Dolores.
From The Loom of Youth by Waugh, Alec
See that straight-necked, small-nosed mare stepping delicately on the turnpike: why, it is Languor in person, picking its way among eggs.
From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Reade, Charles
Languor was stealing over him as the questioner asked: "How do you feel?"
From Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
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