desultory

Example Sentences

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From its desultory beginnings, Random House has grown into a behemoth, one of the industry’s Big Five.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

For one of the few exhilarating times in this desultory season, they were truly SC.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2024

Biden made a few desultory campaign speeches here and there.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2024

The lobby bar at the town’s only hotel—usually so desultory on non–parents’ weekend weekends that it closed around 8—was jammed with visitors from surrounding states.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2024

Nevertheless, Ignatius treated the story to a desultory reading.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole