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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for torpid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for torpid
Adjective
  • In a video shared by A Dog's Hideaway, another golden called Butters was equally sleepy after hours of fun at day care.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Alice finds herself on the sleepy Little Crescent Island, hoping to interview mysterious heiress Margaret Ives.
    Maya Layne, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But, some people can feel numb after achieving major goals in life.
    Renée Onque, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
  • That’s always art’s job, but particularly now, when everyone is sort of numb with their disenfranchisement.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Designed for Uncertainty – And the Next Economic Landscape Think defense stocks are dull?
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Unlike dry skin, which can be dull and scaly, the leading symptom of eczema is chronic itchiness.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But when those run low, your brain turns sluggish and your cognitive performance is diminished.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The Boston Red Sox on Thursday fell to the Seattle Mariners with a sluggish offensive performance, scoring just three times to lose by a single run.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • At least two of the victims were asleep at the start of the attack, according to authorities.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • That’s a waste of a lot of daylight when most of us are asleep.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Chelsea’s income from Stamford Bridge has been particularly lethargic.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • But his first few weeks in office have been disappointingly lethargic, in contrast to the focused energy coming from the White House.
    Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Nee and Dimond’s story was sweet and innocent, its L.G.B.T.Q. allegory quiescent beneath an uncontroversial message of acceptance.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
  • China now has a large, prosperous middle class that is quiescent out of realistic caution but yearns for more freedom.
    Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2019

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“Torpid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpid. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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