torpor

Example Sentences

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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

While their immune systems keep the fungus at bay when the bat is active, the fungus gains the upper hand once the bats enter their state of torpor.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2024

What unfolded was the exact opposite of the torpor in Calcutta.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2024

For all its array of officials, Siuwensin was a very small, plain place, sunk deep in rural torpor.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin