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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

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

It could have been very different had Rangers not lifted themselves out of their lethargy after finding themselves behind to goals from Ben Broggio and Finn Yeats after only 26 minutes.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

Guardiola responded to City's lethargy by sending on Rodri for the injury-plagued Spain midfielder's first appearance since November 2, when he played for one minute against Bournemouth.

From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026

“Mixed with saffron, to shake off lethargy and quicken the senses.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

Thus in my journey during those long hours I found it—agonies subsiding into lethargies, and these breaking again into frenzy.

From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Have we ever seen lethargies, or swoons, or syncopes last whole years together?

From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas




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