languorous

Example Sentences

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Mr. Miller, a writer of great narrative authority, specializes in historical thrillers that move at a languorous pace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

And smash the pitch clock — this fan wants to keep the game languorous and unexpected.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

His languorous voice can tend towards the melancholy, but the lyrics are full of hope.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

Also, Vanya is hopelessly in love with the old man’s exquisitely languorous young wife, who, reasonably enough, finds the moper pathetic.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024

I have never felt like this—slow-witted and languorous, dreamy, absentminded, forgetful, focused only on each moment as it comes.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline