languidness
Example Sentences
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In sharp contrast to most of their skittish rodent kin, Lophiomys imhausi lumber about with the languidness of porcupines.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
But there’s a languidness to the proceedings that had me slipping down in my chair.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2016
The days unfurl and stretch back with a languidness they never seem to have in the present moment.
From The Verge ● Dec. 10, 2015
Then Daniel came in and he had this stillness to him, and his movements were much slower and he had this sort of languidness.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2014
The tug-of-war, sack hop, and three-legged races were over, and a languidness had inevitably crept over things, so that here and there grown men slept in the grass with newspapers over their faces.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
