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

From “Enlightened” to “Broad City,” from “Girls” to “I May Destroy You,” female protagonists flout expectations that they be hard-working and socially responsible, gravitating instead toward indolence and self-sabotage.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2022

But if days of indolence sounds dull, it’s easy to head out: Onto mountain trails.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2022

Li, a dreamy scribbler who likes nothing better than to nap in the bedclothes after a long day of chasing calves around, finds the imposed indolence delicious.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2021

He was soft and more used than he dared admit to indolence and good food.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams