sluggard
Example Sentences
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With television’s new proximity to the more puritanical uses of our devices, the archetype of the beached sluggard on the couch has been smuggled into a portrait of diligence.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 6, 2016
I've never been a sluggard, and yet I've never felt that I've done one twentieth of what I was capable of doing.
From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2013
"Make him move over!" they shout as she bears down on a 55-m.p.h. sluggard in the fast lane.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes it finds that a sluggard or incompetent has got his just deserts.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Another half-crown if you let me sleep on until eight," cried the sluggard.
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
