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torpor

[tawr-per] / ˈtɔr pər /


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A sluggish U.S. labor market appears to be coming out of its torpor.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

The best is that there’s reason to hope that somewhat higher rates are starting to shake Japan out of its multi-decade torpor.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 21, 2025

The Pacers never looked like shaking off their early season torpor on Monday despite facing a Detroit team missing both Cade Cunningham and Tobias Harris.

From Barron's Nov. 18, 2025

On June 14, I applied to renew my passport, bracing for months of frustration with bureaucratic apathy and torpor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2025

Coming in from his work, he gorged himself on fried food and went to bed and to sleep in the resulting torpor.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

During one of these afternoon torpors, I came upon a word: acedia.

From The Guardian May 29, 2019

He was in one of his reptilian torpors again.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

No man sees him sleep, for he makes bread—or worse, brownie—at night, and he rings a bullock bell loudly at half-past five in the morning to rouse us from our animal torpors.

From On the Track by Lawson, Henry

When he sank into one of his torpors, the quiet woman holding his pulse, he felt he was getting even with the wife and daughter who had made him so unhappy in past days.

From Command by McFee, William

Such torpors are accompanied by an obscure labour of the brain, which is inexpressibly wearying.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor




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