Usage of "torpor" | TermGallery

português

catalão

espanhol

Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy.

Uso de torpor em inglês

This spot was the one point of energy in the universal torpor. 
 Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California 

The stench was crisply nauseating, with a cold torpor of lukewarm sea. 
 The book of disquiet 

The rest of the afternoon he dozed in a species of torpor. 
 The Silent Places 

She had recovered from the fatal torpor in the cool night air. 
 Hugo: A Fantasia on Modern Themes 

The shock had been too great; his deadly torpor deepened into death. 
 Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home 

His faculties were still in the torpor that follows rest after exhaustion. 
 The Riverman 

The fame of the defence of Arcot roused them from their torpor. 
 Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 

The fame of the defense of Arcot roused them from their torpor. 
 Ten Great Events in History 

There was something, I know not what, of torpor in the scene. 
 The Village Rector 

There is a limit to the profoundest pain, to the profoundest torpor. 
 Mohammed Ali and His House 

But on the spiritual side of his mind there was no torpor. 
 The Herd Boy and His Hermit 

There are all gradations from ordinary sleep to the torpor of death. 
 The Dream Doctor 

After three-quarters of a century of torpor all was stir and animation. 
 The Story of Ireland 

So many successive blows had reduced him to a state of torpor. 
 File No. 113 

Felipe Contepomi tried manfully but even he succumbed to the general torpor. 
 The Irish Times 

This roused him from his torpor, and he staggered to his feet. 
 Jess 

torpor

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Translations for torpor

português

catalão

espanhol

Torpor ao longo do tempo

Torpor nas variantes da língua

Reino Unido

Comum

Estados Unidos da América

Menos comum

Significados de torpor em inglês