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Значения термина torpid на английском

Slow and apathetic.

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In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation.

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Examples for "sluggish"
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
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Yet even a more sluggish Netflix remains far ahead in the race.
Reuters
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Matter is inert; it is the seat of necessity; it proceeds mechanically.
A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
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Even within the five-mile circle the great majority of people were inert.
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
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Detta changed course and began to crawl toward the gunslinger's inert body.
The drawing of the three
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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
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How could any sort of industry be possible under these soggy conditions?
Cities in Flight
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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
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A welcome reprieve for both the police and the city's soggy residents.
Damaged
Использование термина torpid на английском
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Still no applause from the conspirators; they sat torpid as frozen men.
Zanoni
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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
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His torpid eyes, sunk in fat, were fixed upon the ikon stand.
The Schoolmistress, and Other Stories
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Bluebell continued in a torpid condition, scarcely giving any signs of life.
Bluebell / A Novel
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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
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He throws a last glance over the colonies, which are becoming torpid.
The Life of the Bee
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When he came back to her she was still cold and torpid.
The Helpmate
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A few insects found him, but they were torpid in the cold.
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
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His mind, too, was in a torpid state, but might gradually awaken.
Fairy Fingers / A Novel
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Arnold's rather torpid imagination suddenly opened to the story he had heard.
The Bent Twig
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He sat up, wrestling with himself, trying to clear his torpid brain.
The History of David Grieve
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Like some unthinkable torpid giant, New Crobuzon shifts easily in its dreams.
Perdido Street Station
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Let the torpid monk seek heaven comfortless and alone, God speed him!
History of English Humour, Vol. 2
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The forces of destruction lay torpid in the starry shadow of the night.
The Judgment House
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