languidly

Example Sentences

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When she finally began, her set was a lyrical, high-concept performance that featured ballet dancers and contortionists as Del Rey draped herself languidly across the stage.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2023

One raises a knee as a toe languidly stirs the air.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

And yet for me the show's beating heart is something that goes unnamed — and for artistic reasons that's for the better – across all six languidly beautiful and methodically brutal episodes.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2022

Dressed in an array of colorful but casual shorts, unitards, pants and T-shirts, they moved languidly to haunting string music.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2022

And as for Shorty?—he just sat there languidly chewing on his cigar, basking—as he always had—in their hostility.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols