torpidity
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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
From sluggishness and torpidity of thought and action, he rose suddenly into tremendous activity.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
And as uncommon pain kills itself and ends in torpidity, so he became torpid at last.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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