languor

Example Sentences

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Instead, it is relaxed and easygoing, inducing the sort of languor one might properly feel in the hot sun, near the sea.

From New York Times

In the haze and languor of an Italian summer, three households come into fuzzy focus, each one dominated by a father with an aggressive haircut.

From New York Times

He has somehow transferred all of his cool languor and tempo to Tampa’s tourmaline shore, making football at 43 look like leisurely boating.

From Washington Post

Each of the characters is defined by a specific theme — Alice represents “bondage,” for instance, while Sleeping Beauty is “languor” — and has their own multi-chapter story narrative arc to play through.

From The Verge

The 14 tracks evoke the mystery of bats’ nocturnal escapades, the languor of their hibernation and the existential calamity of the collapse of their habitat.

From New York Times