hebetude
Example Sentences
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So full of hebetude is the film that baseball fans squirmed, bit thumbs, made unpleasant faces.
From Time Magazine Archive
He detested the mob for its human hebetude.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Even in her dullest moments of physical and mental hebetude she felt something pressing upon her from within for accomplishment, like a piece of unfinished business that she must presently rouse herself to put through.
From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert
The leaden weight of an irremediable idleness descended upon General Feraud, who, having no resources within himself, sank into a state of awe-inspiring hebetude.
From The Point Of Honor A Military Tale by Groesbeck, Dan Sayre
