indolence

Example Sentences

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Nobody would’ve called it back when frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was singing about the extremes of teenage indolence in Green Day’s first hit single, “Longview.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

But if days of indolence sounds dull, it’s easy to head out: Onto mountain trails.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2022

For most of Yvan’s clients, life seems to go on as before, with little to disrupt their cosseted indolence.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2021

For some, the notion of an isolated, utterly private Caribbean atoll may conjure up fantasies of tropical indolence — chaise longues on a white-sand beach, umbrella drinks and perhaps a paperback.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2021

It was an act of indolence, something to be done in a corner when you could have been learning to cook.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat