lassitude
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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
His tone, however, belied the lassitude of a man who increasingly struggles to hide his age behind all that makeup.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025
It’s also inevitable that some day soon the U.S. will play an opponent able to seize on its mid-game lassitude and ram a couple of quick goals home.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 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
A dangerous lassitude hovered just out of range in his body; it was accompanied by a defeatist torpor.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Vocabulary lists containing lassitude
Frankenstein
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The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
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