lethargic
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In an Instagram post the previous day, the Ojai Raptor Center’s Eliza Cameron said the eagle “arrived lethargic and underweight, but has no signs of physical trauma.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Many taking weight-loss medications initially lose fat and feel great, but quickly start to feel weak and lethargic, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
A baby boy in Kentucky vomited before becoming lethargic.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
But one evening she told her parents that she was feeling lethargic.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
I found the sick-room unwatched, as I had expected: no nurse was there; the patient lay still, and seemingly lethargic; her livid face sunk in the pillows: the fire was dying in the grate.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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