torpid
Example Sentences
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Last year, in retirement, I took a trial separation from watching MLB in its torpid entirety.
From Washington Post
If they fail to reach their goals — which a torpid economy almost guarantees — they blame themselves.
From New York Times
I think I called it “graphically torpid” in the book, but before that it was a typographic carnival — just too nuts to be believed.
From Washington Post
Beyond my daily jog in the neighborhood at an ever-more torpid pace after weeks of quarantining with carbohydrates, I didn’t have any place to go.
From Los Angeles Times
He said: “Another turgid, torpid, toxic appalling EU referendum, which is the last thing we need.”
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
