languor
Example Sentences
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For the first time, I could picture the legendary tropical city of Malayan sampans, Chinese street hawkers and British colonial languor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
The book’s languor can be ponderous and vintage, more 20th century than 21st.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025
But despite reminding those who mention the Jedi and its protocols that the Order no longer exists, this Ahsoka certainly behaves like one to the point of almost verging into languor.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2023
But despite this relative languor, apes rarely develop the kinds of disorders tied to inactivity in humans, such as heart disease, arthritis and diabetes.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2022
The bailiff unlocked Richard’s shackles and he stood, moving with a defeated, dreamlike languor.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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