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as in sleepy
slow to move or act
a torpid sloth that refused to budge off its tree branch
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as in numb
lacking in sensation or feeling
my tongue and throat remained torpid for a time following the endoscopy
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Recent Examples of torpid
This lowers the body temperature so much that a torpid hummingbird maintains a hypothermic threshold that nears death.
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Janaya Wecker, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2022
Inside, though, Ingrid is in a state of torpid discontent, unhappy with her circumstances but unsure of how to change them.
—Sarah Chihaya, The New York Review of Books, 25 May 2022
The water was so torpid that a thick layer of dust had settled onto it, giving it a cheerless brown tinge.
—Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
The ongoing slog has come to symbolize the dilemma multinationals face when confronting Germany’s notoriously torpid bureaucracy.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2022
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Janaya Wecker, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2022
Inside, though, Ingrid is in a state of torpid discontent, unhappy with her circumstances but unsure of how to change them.
—Sarah Chihaya, The New York Review of Books, 25 May 2022
The water was so torpid that a thick layer of dust had settled onto it, giving it a cheerless brown tinge.
—Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
The ongoing slog has come to symbolize the dilemma multinationals face when confronting Germany’s notoriously torpid bureaucracy.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for torpid
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The trio is tasked with completing magical tasks in order to earn a place back in their sleepy Massachusetts town.Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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And that has a lot to do with nourishing your soul and staying in a place of curiosity and not sleepy.Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
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My left thigh, nerve-damaged by the birth, remained numb.Anna Noyes, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
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But Trump’s team had long since grown numb to such critiques.James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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While congressional hearings are often dull set pieces, this one offered a remarkably lively and informative discussion of the practicalities and opportunities facing America regarding space resources.Greg Autry, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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For her, the glory of the honeymoon had been in the planning, the dreaming, the building up in her mind; what a letdown to find that Paris was just a place, that some days were full of chill gray drizzle, that the dull, thick bodies of other tourists blocked her from full joy.Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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The car lobby group, which represents the likes of BMW, Ferrari, Renault, Volkswagen and Volvo, said in late November that action is necessary to further support the industry, citing sluggish EV demand and a deteriorating economic climate.Sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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While the government’s response was sluggish at first, the Clean Air Act of 1956, passed in response to the Great Smog, heavily regulated the burning of coal and established smoke-free urban areas throughout England.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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The final shot shows a new Alice identical to the original lying asleep on a metal slab in the laboratory.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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From background to foreground, the painting depicts a haloed Virgin Mary, a young Jesus standing between her knees, St. Jerome asleep on the ground, and St. John the Baptist, clad sparsely in animal skins, pointing a crooked finger toward the figures behind him.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Pets with salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, fever and vomiting.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this month, a post on a Bay View neighborhood Facebook group showed a lethargic raccoon near Delaware Avenue.Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2024
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In a quantum era like this one, the quiescent forces pose serious threats to financial and infrastructure systems.Dr. Reji Thomas, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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But in just the last few years, that quiescent period ended in dramatic fashion as a string of major eruptions sent lava flowing toward many of these sites.Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Torpid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpid. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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