The forces of destruction lay torpid in the starry shadow of the night.

There it lay torpid, and bloated to double its ordinary dimensions.

The country lay torpid and apathetic under the blow.

For a long while, Averan lay torpid, trying to remember what she searched for in her dream.

I lay torpid week after week, and the good soul took care of me and asked no questions.

Once more that steady pull began, and once more I lay torpid a century of dragging seconds till my breast was naked again.