lie torpid
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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
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
Professor Smawl ate heavily and retired to her tent to lie torpid until evening.
From In Search of the Unknown by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Do they change into anything, lie torpid, and then change again into something else, with wings?
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
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
