hebetude

Example Sentences

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He detested the mob for its human hebetude.

From Time Magazine Archive

So full of hebetude is the film that baseball fans squirmed, bit thumbs, made unpleasant faces.

From Time Magazine Archive

The leaden weight of an irremediable idleness descended upon General Feraud, who, having no resources within himself, sank into a state of awe-inspiring hebetude.

From The Point Of Honor A Military Tale by Groesbeck, Dan Sayre

Jaffery rose from his knees and regarded her in the hebetude of reaction.

From Jaffery by Locke, William John

He has hebetude and some delirium, though not very active; he is deaf.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various