indolence

Example Sentences

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Nobody would’ve called it back when frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was singing about the extremes of teenage indolence in Green Day’s first hit single, “Longview.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

Recently, during a dramatic meeting of the Sunshine Committee when a member resigned over lawmakers’ yearslong indolence on acting on its recommendations, another member, David Zeeck, shared the frustration.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023

For most of Yvan’s clients, life seems to go on as before, with little to disrupt their cosseted indolence.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2021

In light of his own apparent indolence and distaste for his duties, perhaps Mr. Hice should not be using the word “vacation” quite so casually.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021

Fitzsimmons realized that he was confronted with a behavioral problem at least as maddening as Hard Tack’s murderousness: pathological indolence.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand