lie torpid

Professor Smawl ate heavily and retired to her tent to lie torpid until evening.

In winter they lie torpid, and in spring deposit their eggs about two inches beneath the earth's surface.

He who suffers not his faculties to lie torpid, has a chance, whatever be his employment, of doing good to his fellow creatures.

In temperate climes lizards lie torpid and buried all winter; some species of the tropic deserts sleep peacefully all summer.

All the exquisite nerves that bear to your soul these tidings of heaven in me lie torpid or dead.