How to Use lethargic in a Sentence

lethargic

adjective

• The patient is weak and lethargic.
• The audience was cold and lethargic. It is true there were about fifty-seven applauses, but they were not roars of enthusiasm by any means.
  — Lady Bird Johnson, 12 Jan. 1966
• One of the dogs was lethargic and had a pale tongue and bloodshot eyes.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022
• Feeling too hot and lethargic to make plans to leave the house.
  — Tiffany Acosta arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2023
• Brown looked lethargic and a step slow from the opening tip.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• By the end of that week, Brooks felt lethargic and her body ached.
  — Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 23 Nov. 2020
• But over the course of the next few days, the toddler began to act lethargic and eat less.
  — Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022
• The boy was acting lethargic and had been outside for hours.
  — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 18 June 2018
• A few wasps, lethargic from the evening chill, were crawling across it.
  — Jonathan C. Slaght, Scientific American Blog Network, 5 May 2017
• Sego lost weight and felt lethargic, and his grades suffered.
  — Sarah Jane Tribble, Philly.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• Husband Wes lost his sense of taste and smell and felt lethargic.
  — Alicia Lee, CNN, 3 Aug. 2020
• Dairy cows suffered from heat stress, and steers and lambs were lethargic.
  — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2021
• Larger fish have been spotted in the shallows and are lethargic.
  — Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 21 May 2017
• The Swiss looked lethargic at times and struggled with his forehand wing.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 29 June 2021
• Slow start The Pistons were lethargic from the opening tip.
  — Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2020
• Many crape myrtles in Texas were hurt by the cold of the first killing freeze last fall and were lethargic bloomers this year.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 27 Aug. 2020
• One common thread in the most recent streak has been the offense’s lethargic starts.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 10 May 2017
• The fly-in patient was a humming bird who appeared weak and lethargic.
  — Zoe Szathmary, Fox News, 25 June 2018
• But even then, she was noted as being lethargic and slow to eat.
  — Eder Campuzano, OregonLive.com, 13 Jan. 2018
• Well, those lethargic vibes end right now thanks to this week of new Netflix shows and movies.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2020
• Washington played its fourth game in a week and appeared lethargic at times.
  — Tim Booth, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
• The child may become lethargic, feel anxious and have a slower or faster heart rate.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
• There those species become so lethargic that people can just pick them up.
  — David Rainer Alabama Department Of Conservation and Natural Resources, al, 10 Aug. 2023
• The dog was sick to his stomach, lethargic and unable to stand, police wrote.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 29 Mar. 2022
• This will end our lethargic approach to work, kicking off a year of success.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 4 Jan. 2022
• The day after the fall, the boy had a fever, was lethargic and holding his foot, his parents said.
  — Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2020
• Alaniz said the cats were slightly lethargic when firefighters found them.
  — Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 28 Aug. 2020
• Not much went right early for the Pistons, who looked lethargic.
  — Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2023
• My ex-boyfriend had mostly wanted to listen to lethargic jam bands stoned out of his mind.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 9 Feb. 2018
• The other children grew feverish and lethargic, as well.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024