languid
Example Sentences
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No one is quite what they seem in “The Lesson,” Alice Troughton’s winking literary mystery whose languid summer setting — a swanky estate in the English countryside — hides coldly destructive secrets.
From New York Times
At last, the season of late sunsets, languid beach days and endless barbecues is upon us.
From New York Times
The pace was as languid as a hangover Sunday.
From Salon
It was an homage to the sobremesa — that languid Spanish tradition in which diners linger after a meal to smoke, discuss and digest — and a reminder of the warmth and togetherness lost during the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times
Parks is known for the languid soul-pop sound of Collapsed in Sunbeams, which earned her the prestigious Mercury Prize in 2021.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
