languidly
Example Sentences
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One raises a knee as a toe languidly stirs the air.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
The first came in Brazil's opening group game against Czechoslovakia when Pele, from several yards inside the centre circle in his own half, received the ball languidly then spotted keeper Ivo Viktor off his line.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022
And yet for me the show's beating heart is something that goes unnamed — and for artistic reasons that's for the better – across all six languidly beautiful and methodically brutal episodes.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2022
Dressed in an array of colorful but casual shorts, unitards, pants and T-shirts, they moved languidly to haunting string music.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
She said languidly, “This is my sister, Briony, Mrs. Jarvis. Try and remember your manners when you speak to her.”
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing languidly
The Great Gatsby
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The Sun Also Rises
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Selection Vocabulary 3, Unit 1
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