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

The mind in relapsing fever is usually clear, there being none of the hebetude and mental confusion commonly observed in typhoid fever.

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

In the doorway Stevie, calmed, seemed sunk in hebetude.

From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph

Upon admission patient has a good deal of hebetude, face flushed, temperature 102°, pulse 106, tongue slightly coated, moist.

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