torpor
noun
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
torpors
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pluralof torpor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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During one of these afternoon torpors, I came upon a word: acedia.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2019
He was in one of his reptilian torpors again.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
In literature no less than in politics the discovery meant the final breaking up of the old world, and the slow birth of a new one through alternate torpors and agonies.
From Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail
In international relations diplomacy has been a boyishly lawless affair of family intrigues, commercial and territorial brigandage, torpors of pseudo-goodnature produced by laziness and spasms of ferocious activity produced by terror.
From Heartbreak House by Bernard Shaw
But the fumes and torpors of grief and pain were this morning dispersed.
From Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
