Examples of indolence in a Sentence
a general feeling of indolence usually overtakes them during summer vacation
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The United States, however, has lost its capacity for self-government through stupendous intellectual indolence and the exaltation of puerilities, like Tayor Swift or Tom Brady, over thinkers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, and Montaigne.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
If slouching among privileged white Americans could indicate an enviable carelessness, it was seen as proof of indolence when adopted by the disadvantaged.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
But what if a horror movie's antagonist was an animal whose name is literally synonymous with laziness, indolence, and inactivity?
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2023
Getting a lot of sleep is virtuous (wellness, leisure) and also objectionable (self-indulgence, indolence).
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2023
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
If slouching among privileged white Americans could indicate an enviable carelessness, it was seen as proof of indolence when adopted by the disadvantaged.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
But what if a horror movie's antagonist was an animal whose name is literally synonymous with laziness, indolence, and inactivity?
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2023
Getting a lot of sleep is virtuous (wellness, leisure) and also objectionable (self-indulgence, indolence).
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2023
See all Example Sentences for indolence
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“Indolence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indolence. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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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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