languor

Example Sentences

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For the first time, I could picture the legendary tropical city of Malayan sampans, Chinese street hawkers and British colonial languor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Along with stirring up these painful memories, the fall also signals the end of summer’s languor.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

But despite reminding those who mention the Jedi and its protocols that the Order no longer exists, this Ahsoka certainly behaves like one to the point of almost verging into languor.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2023

But despite this relative languor, apes rarely develop the kinds of disorders tied to inactivity in humans, such as heart disease, arthritis and diabetes.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2022

He said the right dreams for a man in peril were dreams of peril and all else was the call of languor and of death.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy