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a general feeling of indolence usually overtakes them during summer vacation
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Their waiter’s indolence meant a long wait even for menus, yet neither of them let drop a word of complaint.
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Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
The idea of Irish indolence fused with a quasi-religious faith in the laws of the market to shape the British response to the famine.
—Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The idea of Irish indolence fused with a quasi-religious faith in the laws of the market to shape the British response to the famine.
—Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The government insisted that the corn be sold rather than given away (free food would merely reinforce Irish indolence), and those who received it had little idea at first how to cook it.
—Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
The idea of Irish indolence fused with a quasi-religious faith in the laws of the market to shape the British response to the famine.
—Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The idea of Irish indolence fused with a quasi-religious faith in the laws of the market to shape the British response to the famine.
—Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The government insisted that the corn be sold rather than given away (free food would merely reinforce Irish indolence), and those who received it had little idea at first how to cook it.
—Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Indolence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indolence. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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indolence
noun
in·do·lence
ˈin-də-lən(t)s 
: the quality or state of being indolent : laziness
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