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
It is interesting to note that, during the bulk of her psychosis, her only complaints were of mental hebetude and dizziness.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
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 Dan Sayre Groesbeck
In a case which aborted on the twelfth day there were hebetude, diarrhoea, tympany, and rose-colored spots persisting even after the subsidence of the fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
