hebetude

Example Sentences

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He detested the mob for its human hebetude.

From Time Magazine Archive

So full of hebetude is the film that baseball fans squirmed, bit thumbs, made unpleasant faces.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is frequently less mental hebetude or dulness than in ordinary typhoid fever.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

In the doorway Stevie, calmed, seemed sunk in hebetude.

From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph

Has a good deal of hebetude, but no headache; fewer spots; pulse weaker; temperature lower.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various