How to Use indolence in a Sentence

indolence

noun

• Through sloth the roof sinks in and through indolence, the house leaks.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 11 May 2018
• Painted by John White Alexander in Paris in 1895, it is drenched in a mood of dusky indolence.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
• But in the short term, Michael’s death shook Kierkegaard out of his indolence and made him commit to the kind of life his father had wanted for him.
  — Christopher Beha, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
• The Supreme Court is obliged to act because of the indolence of the executive, say the judge’s supporters.
  — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
• The campaign brings to life the seven deadly sins; pride, wrath, envy, indolence, gourmand, greed, and lust.
  — Nandi Howard, Essence, 16 Oct. 2019
• There's negligence, errors, indolence, even a lack of conscience among the drivers.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, miamiherald, 21 Feb. 2018
• In Afghanistan, fashion, with its low barriers to entry, is not so much a symbol of self-indulgent indolence as a lever of advancement.
  — New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
• After all, indolence and luxury also go hand-in-hand. ...
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2017
• Wellness was always at the fore, yes, but in its early stages the hotel was primed for indulgent indolence, a jungly bolt-hole for newlyweds, with a side order of soul soothing.
  — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2019
• Sullivan, a pipeline worker, has been jobless for more than a year but argued the payments would increase the national debt and reward indolence.
  — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 14 July 2021
• What looks to older generations like indolence and a reluctance to grow up might be, at least in part, a response to medical developments.
  — The Economist, 10 Jan. 2018
• Lax’s otherwise tedious account is a good occasion to explore that mystery, the key to which is something of a paradox: Allen’s reputation depends in no small part on the very indolence that undermines so many of his films.
  — Christopher Orr, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2017
• Another woman worried about her husband’s indolence in the early months of retirement.
  — David Ekerdt, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2018
• Walker attributed the success of the strip to Beetle's indolence and reluctance to follow authority.
  — NBC News, 28 Jan. 2018
• Often, white privilege is rooted in a state of aloofness, disconnection, no sense of consequence, and the indolence of sitting behind ignorance — the choice not to understand.
  — Arizona Republic, azcentral, 26 June 2019
• The enigmatic narrative suggests ritual and indolence, conflict between two sisters, and a moment of epic choice.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• Plush custom mattresses and deep soaking tubs lead to indulgent indolence after drinks or dining at several pricey but exquisite venues.
  — Jeanne Cooper, SFChronicle.com, 11 June 2018
• The actual problem was overstretch compounded by indolence.
  — Andrew J. Bacevich, Harper's magazine, 2 Mar. 2020
• More broadly, the lazy river is a sign of American indolence, of our collective postindustrial lassitude, the nation that once tamed the Mississippi now slumbering poolside, scrolling through Instagram.
  — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2018
• Struggling Americans have to justify their right to exist, whether on a crowdfunding platform or through a plea to a government notorious for pushing the narrative that needing economic assistance is a sign of indolence.
  — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 23 Oct. 2020
• Economic recovery has been weak and disaster recovery since Maria was botched by local corruption and federal indolence.
  — Rashid Carlos Jamil Marcano Rivera, The Conversation, 14 Dec. 2020
• Among those most involved in volunteering and rescuing victims were young people, who seemed especially motivated to defy stereotypes of apathy and indolence.
  — David Agren, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2017
• The book’s most prominent theme is that the societal pathologies Mr. Vance witnessed in Middletown—alcoholism, indolence, opioid addiction—are not, or at least not primarily, the result of declining economic opportunity.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022
• As the story progresses, Fanny endures indolence, spitefulness, pettiness, and unwanted attentions with grace and forbearance.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 28 Nov. 2020
• The apparent uselessness of these purchases signaled their owners’ extravagant indolence.
  — J.c. Pan, New Republic, 1 Aug. 2017
• But allocate no money that will effectually perpetuate indolence.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2021

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