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
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
Gone are the formal banquets of saffron-stained, rose-scented languor — and the protein-bar and light-beer cravings of the American contractors who roamed the secure confines of Kabul’s Green Zone diplomatic enclave.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
“Alabama Sky” moves with the languor of a Tennessee Williams drama.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
Not for me the languor and the subtlety I had read about in books.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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