torpidity

Example Sentences

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Reva worries about her friend’s torpidity, at the way she is self-eaten, like a consumptive.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2018

“We have gone through a very long period of diplomatic stagnation, torpidity and rigidity.”

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2012

PRO: With Oscar-telecast expectations at an all-time low, his all-singing, all-dancing, even-more-singing hosting gig managed to goose ratings, and almost rescued the show from its self-imposed torpidity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Livingstone states that the Bushmen take advantage of the torpidity of the lion after a full meal to surprise him in his slumbers.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

Thus the animal-life at Montevideo remained dormant at a temperature which roused that at Bahia Blanca from its torpidity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various