indolent

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But these roles are few and far between, remaining at a distance in favor of indolent stories that only echo the humor of Sandler’s earliest work.

From Salon • Jul. 27, 2025

He did at some point own a Lake Erie steamship, which may have confused those indolent researchers Allen and Rice.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023

The truce idea was not born of naivete, but of desperation, in a country with over 110,000 disappeared and woefully indolent or over-worked police and forensics examiners.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023

Despite the indolent, youthful rage associated with the genre, Black - a semi-professional drummer in the late 1950s and early 1960s - was in fact by then a successful businessman in his mid-30s.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022

Suddenly this elegant gentleman was startled out of his state of indolent contentment.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton