Meanings of long inactivity in English

One garrison regiment, badly demoralised by long inactivity, had been approached by both sides.

The discipline in the French army under Massena had been greatly injured by its long inactivity.

He leaped to his feet, cramped and stiffened by his long inactivity, and looked about him.

Many weeks now passed without striking events, and the greatest discontent was caused by the long inactivity.

We have lost nearly a month, and your mediation, from its long inactivity, has become almost hostile.

Weary of their long inactivity, and convinced that the Danes were routed, the Saxons pursued them across the plain.

In the trenches there was little opportunity for vigorous exercise, and our arms and legs became stiff with the long inactivity.

After long inactivity the volcano of Vesuvius suddenly belched forth torrents of liquid lava and mud, followed by a rain of ashes.

Her housewifely mind, restless with long inactivity in a pension, seized on the bright pans of Marie's kitchen and the promise of the brick-and-sheetiron stove.