desultory
Example Sentences
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Then again, it’s all too easy to be distracted from the desultory happenings on stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
For one of the few exhilarating times in this desultory season, they were truly SC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024
Biden made a few desultory campaign speeches here and there.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
Once we got to the beach, we would start a desultory routine of sitting out on the sand in the morning, then waiting in line at fish camps in the evenings.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2023
She knew she did not bore him, and she buffed or painted her fingernails studiously while he dozed or brooded and the desultory warm afternoon breeze vibrated delicately on the surface of the beach.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing desultory
Behave Yourself! Vocabulary for Good, Bad, and Indifferent Conduct
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And Then There Were None
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"Marita's Bargain," Vocabulary from the essay
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