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
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
But then I remember that brief moment in the sun, the power of startling that deer, the delicious languor from a full belly, and it’s like the choice was made before we even started barking.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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