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lethargy

[leth-er-jee] / ˈlɛθ ər dʒi /


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The lethargy in the labor market is highly unusual by historical standards.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

“Thinking back to 2018, the worst part was the lethargy and not being able to keep food inside me,” he said in a news release.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

In addition to eye, skin and breathing problems, MMA exposure can cause headaches, coughing and lethargy, according to the EPA.

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2026

Symptoms of adder bites in dogs include pain and swelling, bruising, lethargy, drooling and vomiting.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

Nor will certain ideas forget me; they keep filing away at my lethargy, my complacency.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

For the students from the Child School, who have varying forms of learning or social disabilities, the daring river exertion seemed to relieve them of whatever physical lethargies they had.

From New York Times May 21, 2011

All its lethargies mingle their nightmares, its slumbers are a crowd, and from its human bodies lying prone there arises a vapour of dreams.

From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo

Instances of parturition or delivery during sleep, lethargies, trances, and similar conditions are by no means uncommon.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

It has long been used by the Chinese in cases of headaches, lethargies, convulsions, colics, &c.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

My lethargies have not dulled my delight in good books.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Thomas Carlyle




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