torpidity
Example Sentences
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Reva worries about her friend’s torpidity, at the way she is self-eaten, like a consumptive.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2018
“We have gone through a very long period of diplomatic stagnation, torpidity and rigidity.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2012
PRO: With Oscar-telecast expectations at an all-time low, his all-singing, all-dancing, even-more-singing hosting gig managed to goose ratings, and almost rescued the show from its self-imposed torpidity.
From Time Magazine Archive
He complained that day of dizziness, and torpidity of his right side; he attributed the feeling to rheumatism, with which he was sometimes affected.
From Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Whitney, Orson F.
We do not know what conditions, what natural provisions precede torpidity and are essential to it; but possibly there are some, which in these cases were compulsorily precluded by human interference.
From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry
