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
In the doorway Stevie, calmed, seemed sunk in hebetude.
From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad
"A debauched old fellow," says Friedrich; "gone all to hebetude by his labors in that line; agrees always with the last speaker."
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Thomas Carlyle
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
