torpid
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Torpid delegates broke into a roar of delight.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Lent term Jack rowed six in our Torpid, and also told me that he thought he should try and get his blue for throwing the hammer.
From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles
Torpid man saves time and money in this civilization; but his soul remains defrauded and oppressed.
From Spontaneous Activity in Education by Montessori, Maria
Torpid lay Aravaipa in a coma of sunheat.
From Bucky O'Connor by Raine, William MacLeod
I stroked the Torpid and rowed three in my College Eight.
From The Summons by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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