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Recent Examples of sluggardly
The only comparable animals of any kind are lungfish, which also have sluggardly tendencies.
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Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sluggardly
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At our test track, the buzzy little SUV needed a slothful 9.2 seconds to hit 60 mph.Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 23 Dec. 2022
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The pilfered offspring return with the raiders to their nests, then hatch and grow up to become live-in slaves, tasked with the feeding and care of their slothful masters and their masters’ brood.Brendan Borrell, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2013
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Just as Let’s Start Here tapped the Yves Tumor and Caroline Polachek regulars Justin Raisen and Patrick Wimberly to steer its lysergic pop, Bad Cameo solicits heady, shiftless synthesizer compositions to showcase different dimensions in Lil Yachty’s voice.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 July 2024
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Gill’s benevolent steadfastness is supported by his loving, tolerant wife (Shailene Woodley) but mocked by his shiftless brother (a very funny Pete Davidson), who urges him to cash in.Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
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Deji looked listless through the first two rounds before finding a spark in the third.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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The listless resignation among Trump’s detractors is not just your imagination, either.Philip Elliott, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
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The retailer’s main deals hub is bursting with can’t-miss savings on cozy sweaters for date night, winter travel, lazy days at home, and everything in between.Emily Weaver, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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On lazy days, there’s plenty of room to roll up the doors, admire the lake, and take a nap.Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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It’s always been a period piece: Its story takes place in the just-post-Kennedy Bronx of Shanley’s childhood, where the rigid Sister Aloysius (Amy Ryan), the principal at St. Nicholas School, vehemently objects to ballpoint pens as one of many insidious gateways to a malign and indolent future.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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Bates defeated Marilyn Mosby who was never publicly criticized by Scott for her indolent leadership as Baltimore state’s attorney.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2024
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Symptoms of Salmonella infections in pets Pets with Salmonella infections may act lethargic, the FDA says.Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
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After a lethargic opening episode, this one doesn’t inspire a ton of hope for the final four.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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An exciting, eventful first half, loaded with Dutch opportunities, gave way to a torpid stretch after halftime that, until Gakpo’s goal, had tilted toward Senegal.Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
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The sequel, by contrast, is torpid, clogged with lengthy but uninteresting tête-à-têtes and generally lacking in vigor, even in the two blowout battle scenes in the final act.Kyle Smith, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
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That’s why a noirish tenor sax snakes through the suite’s middle (played with languorous sensuality by PRISM Quartet’s Timothy McAllister), set to a lyre-like harp accompaniment.Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2024
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The rhymed verse the characters speak in doesn’t at all hinder them from expressing themselves colloquially, in idioms that sound better with a languorous Southern lilt.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
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“Sluggardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sluggardly. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.
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