indolence
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I’ve spent the last 40-odd years trying to fight the good fight against the forces of indolence and greed to do the best with our stuff that you can do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
Theodore Agnew called counter-fraud efforts “woeful” and said the government was paralyzed by a combination of “arrogance, indolence and ignorance.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2022
One of Diski’s great subjects was her own indolence.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2021
Li, a dreamy scribbler who likes nothing better than to nap in the bedclothes after a long day of chasing calves around, finds the imposed indolence delicious.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2021
Their discourse went forward in a miasma of sweat and heat that suggested a kind of indolence.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Vocabulary lists containing indolence
The Giver
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Negatives with "in"
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Life of Pi
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