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

Li, a dreamy scribbler who likes nothing better than to nap in the bedclothes after a long day of chasing calves around, finds the imposed indolence delicious.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2021

Eliza generally took no more notice of her sister’s indolence and complaints than if no such murmuring, lounging object had been before her.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë