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Significados de torpidness en inglés

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