hebetude

Example Sentences

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He detested the mob for its human hebetude.

From Time Magazine Archive

So full of hebetude is the film that baseball fans squirmed, bit thumbs, made unpleasant faces.

From Time Magazine Archive

Benumbed, exhausted, sunk in hebetude, she waited until she could wait no more, until intolerable suspense drove her blindly.

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John

In a case which aborted on the twelfth day there were hebetude, diarrhoea, tympany, and rose-colored spots persisting even after the subsidence of the fever.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The alternate delirium or coma and clearness of mind in meningitis contrast with the persistent hebetude, stupor, or muttering delirium and the muscular relaxation in typhoid fever.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various