hebetude

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He detested the mob for its human hebetude.

From Time Magazine Archive

The leaden weight of an irremediable idleness descended upon General Feraud, who having no resources within himself sank into a state of awe-inspiring hebetude.

From A Set of Six by Conrad, Joseph

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

Great hebetude and torpor have marked some epidemics.

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