lie torpid
Example Sentences
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This time he had no energy to attack himself with adjurations and sarcasms; body and soul were oppressed with uttermost fatigue, and for a time must lie torpid.
From The Emancipated by Gissing, George
It is also undoubtedly true that they creep into holes wherever they can find one, and that in these holes they lie torpid for a considerable period.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant
After feeding-time they would lie torpid in a heavenly frowst reading Wisden's Annual or sixpenny magazines.
From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor
In temperate climes lizards lie torpid and buried all winter; some species of the tropic deserts sleep peacefully all summer.
From The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English by Castle, Egerton
All the exquisite nerves that bear to your soul these tidings of heaven in me lie torpid or dead.
From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail
