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It merely remains there, indolently comfortable, insouciantly secure and abominably smug.

From Time Magazine Archive

He rolled on his back, then indolently onto his stomach.

From Time Magazine Archive

A short-legged, thick-set man, seldom in funds, he was forever wandering indolently into Left Bank and Montmartre cafes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Occasionally a girl will indolently stretch out her leg, or touch her hair with a slow, formalized gesture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Emasculated by dams and diversion canals, the lower Colorado burbles indolently from reservoir to reservoir through some of the hottest, starkest country on the continent.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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