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Significados de torpid em inglês

Slow and apathetic.

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In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation.

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Examples for "sluggish"
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Our main market, in Britain, remains sluggish, reflecting difficult economic conditions there.
The Irish Times
2
Italy needs to attract foreign investment to help reinvigorate its sluggish economy.
Reuters
3
Currently our stock market is dropping and the property market is sluggish.
Reuters
4
Periods of no great change in tastes meant sluggish performance, he said.
The Irish Times
5
Yet even a more sluggish Netflix remains far ahead in the race.
Reuters
1
Matter is inert; it is the seat of necessity; it proceeds mechanically.
A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
2
Even within the five-mile circle the great majority of people were inert.
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
3
Detta changed course and began to crawl toward the gunslinger's inert body.
The drawing of the three
4
On account of his unfortunate condition, however, Hotblack Desiato remained totally inert.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
5
One of the latest is the tungsten arc in an inert gas.
Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization
1
How could any sort of industry be possible under these soggy conditions?
Cities in Flight
2
The buckets and spades; the soggy sandwiches; the rain; the cramped car.
The Irish Times
3
Most common is that fried food is heavy, greasy, soggy, and unhealthy.
Reuters
4
Everywhere the ground was soggy; little streams of water trickled down ditches.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
5
A welcome reprieve for both the police and the city's soggy residents.
Damaged
Uso de torpid em inglês
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Still no applause from the conspirators; they sat torpid as frozen men.
Zanoni
2
In their strange torpid state the creatures didn't seem to notice her.
Metro 2034
3
Hence it would appear that the acetate had rendered the leaves torpid.
Insectivorous Plants
4
His torpid eyes, sunk in fat, were fixed upon the ikon stand.
The Schoolmistress, and Other Stories
5
Bluebell continued in a torpid condition, scarcely giving any signs of life.
Bluebell / A Novel
6
Wilder had spoken, to awaken the drowsy, and to excite the torpid.
The Red Rover: A Tale
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The weather was warm with that torpid, damp heat peculiar to summer.
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
8
He throws a last glance over the colonies, which are becoming torpid.
The Life of the Bee
9
When he came back to her she was still cold and torpid.
The Helpmate
10
A few insects found him, but they were torpid in the cold.
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
11
His mind, too, was in a torpid state, but might gradually awaken.
Fairy Fingers / A Novel
12
Arnold's rather torpid imagination suddenly opened to the story he had heard.
The Bent Twig
13
He sat up, wrestling with himself, trying to clear his torpid brain.
The History of David Grieve
14
Like some unthinkable torpid giant, New Crobuzon shifts easily in its dreams.
Perdido Street Station
15
Let the torpid monk seek heaven comfortless and alone, God speed him!
History of English Humour, Vol. 2
16
The forces of destruction lay torpid in the starry shadow of the night.
The Judgment House
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