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

A sharp observer, however, would have seen that it was not mere torpidity which made the headman sit so quietly.

From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich

I don't say these men are unhappy, but unless they develop a hobby, torpidity is bound to settle like a mist upon their brains.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner