lassitude

Example Sentences

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And it carried an implicit warning: If America ever ceases to be as Hilda—godly, uncompromising, moral, dutiful and good—the moss-covered lassitude of Hawthorne’s Rome awaits us too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

In a 1936 speech to young people, President Franklin Roosevelt, dismissing experts proclaiming 1930s youth as “lost” to anxiety, depression and lassitude, declared that young people were right to be unhappy.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2024

Soccer’s lassitude and swooped in and got him to sign.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2021

For a time, she posted photos of herself on social media in pre-pandemic dress-up clothes — an antidote to the sartorial lassitude of quarantine.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2020

The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman