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 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
Just when I thought I could be indolent, I’ve got to work.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 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
My MST classmates are so indolent, they wouldn’t read the book for homework, so the teacher is making us read it aloud to shame us.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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