lassitude

Example Sentences

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And it carried an implicit warning: If America ever ceases to be as Hilda—godly, uncompromising, moral, dutiful and good—the moss-covered lassitude of Hawthorne’s Rome awaits us too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

His tone, however, belied the lassitude of a man who increasingly struggles to hide his age behind all that makeup.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

That lassitude has created a real shortage of goodwill in Albany, and few are going to feel that they owe Hochul a favor in getting her nominee across the finish line.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2022

Overcome by a sudden, inexplicable lassitude, Ribeiro did little but attend classes, read and sleep.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021

Susan Calvin, except for two hours of resentful lassitude, experienced nothing approaching sleep.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov