torpor
Example Sentences
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The best is that there’s reason to hope that somewhat higher rates are starting to shake Japan out of its multi-decade torpor.
The Pacers never looked like shaking off their early season torpor on Monday despite facing a Detroit team missing both Cade Cunningham and Tobias Harris.
From Barron's
On June 14, I applied to renew my passport, bracing for months of frustration with bureaucratic apathy and torpor.
From Los Angeles Times
While their immune systems keep the fungus at bay when the bat is active, the fungus gains the upper hand once the bats enter their state of torpor.
From Salon
Owen’s torpor — his froggy, monotone way of talking, his incessant, suppressed discomfort — is draining.
From Los Angeles Times
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