indolent

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But these roles are few and far between, remaining at a distance in favor of indolent stories that only echo the humor of Sandler’s earliest work.

From Salon • Jul. 27, 2025

The L.A. antiquarian Charles Fletcher Lummis called it the Land of Poco Tiempo in his 1893 book of the same name, depicting it as a real-life territory of lotus eaters, of indolent pleasure.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

The truce idea was not born of naivete, but of desperation, in a country with over 110,000 disappeared and woefully indolent or over-worked police and forensics examiners.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023

Despite the indolent, youthful rage associated with the genre, Black - a semi-professional drummer in the late 1950s and early 1960s - was in fact by then a successful businessman in his mid-30s.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022

Dove was garrulous, indolent, complaining, and boastful, but it hurt Johnny when the other boys bulbed him and his masters beat him.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes