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Meanings of torpidness in English

Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy.

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        Examples for "torpor"
        Examples for "torpor"
        1
        This spot was the one point of energy in the universal torpor.
        Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
        2
        The stench was crisply nauseating, with a cold torpor of lukewarm sea.
        The book of disquiet
        3
        The rest of the afternoon he dozed in a species of torpor.
        The Silent Places
        4
        She had recovered from the fatal torpor in the cool night air.
        Hugo: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
        5
        The shock had been too great; his deadly torpor deepened into death.
        Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home
        1
        He dropped his pen in sudden listlessness, crossed aimlessly to the window.
        Terry / A Tale of the Hill People
        2
        Hildegard submitted with demure listlessness, and soon re-appeared in her walking costume.
        Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories
        3
        Next to madness occur the different stages of spleen, dejection and listlessness.
        Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries / Inter...
        4
        So he worked on, no longer in listlessness, but with contemptuous amusement.
        Flappers and Philosophers
        5
        The childish expression left the girl's eyes, the listlessness left her attitude.
        Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
        1
        The extraordinary torpidity of the surrounding objects gradually affected the persons.
        The Nabob, Vol. 1 (of 2)
        2
        Life in the tropics, I take to be a placid torpidity.
        Prue and I
        3
        Oppressed with grief, She continued for some time in this state of torpidity.
        The Monk: A Romance
        4
        Do you know that you have roused the torpidity of Clarke at last?
        The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs,...
        5
        It was only a temporary torpidity of the nerves, which I mistook for calmness.
        Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland