How to Use languorous in a Sentence

languorous

adjective

• The strands of the flogger skim across my swollen belly at an aching, languorous pace. ...
  — Patti Greco, Cosmopolitan, 3 Jan. 2018
• Tall and languorous, he was known to meander with a cane down the streets of Fort Worth’s skid row.
  — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2022
• To the west, the Hudson River gives off a languorous midday sparkle.
  — Rob Haskell, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2022
• The movie opens with a long sequence featuring the languorous cries of the peddlers.
  — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 17 Feb. 2018
• The songs, meanwhile, are rich with warm riffs, finger-snap beats and languorous keys.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 27 May 2021
• The fast-talking spikes take 2.6 minutes and the more languorous ones are 14 minutes long.
  — Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 20 Oct. 2023
• Some seemed to be taking a languorous approach to the crisis.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2020
• Take the Slow Boat The smartest way to vacation next year might just be on a languorous river cruise.
  — Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2024
• The human brain keeps time, from the flicker of milliseconds to the languorous unfurling of hours and days and years.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2014
• The track is right up Del Rey's alley, with its laid-back and languorous feel, breathy vocals, and themes of carefree youth.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Jan. 2018
• Over a languorous lunch, Koontz shares more, including the time that his father pulled a knife on him when the writer was in his 40s.
  — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• Patrick was adamant that air-conditioning be banned here, even in the languorous heat of summer.
  — James McAuley, ELLE Decor, 20 Apr. 2022
• Not much happens quickly in baseball, and not just because of the languorous modern pace of play.
  — Greg Beacham, Star Tribune, 10 May 2021
• Some have found fault with his pessimism, his perfectionism, the languorous pace of his films.
  — Yasmine Seale, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
• Mali Blues at times proves repetitive and too languorous in its pacing.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 June 2017
• Long, languorous days of doing nothing, perhaps lying on the beach or holed up in a cabin somewhere far from the city.
  — Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2022
• The figure has languorous, drooping eyelids and holds a torch, like the Statue of Liberty.
  — New York Times, 1 July 2021
• Walnut Creek grows and expands, but life at Borges Ranch continues at a slow, languorous pace.
  — Jennifer Modenessi, The Mercury News, 17 May 2017
• Don’t overlook the stellar sparkling wines, as well as their late harvest Chardonnay — a sun soaked, languorous dessert wine and one of my favorites in the Valley.
  — Bryce Wiatrak, SFChronicle.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• Onstage in a liquid silver gown, Vanessa stuck to the languorous Streisand tempo.
  — Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2021
• Before its diva-like exit, my starter had been languorous, creamy.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019
• Then there was the languorous five-course lunch at Iche, a restaurant, cooking school, and fermentation lab in San Vincente.
  — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2022
• If laid-back and languorous is your thing, there are sophisticated brands that will enable that.
  — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2022
• After a few minutes, the synth chords began to jell into a languorous progression.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
• The graceful lions bask in their languorous power, lolling and growling and setting up the parameters of the story.
  — New York Times, 11 July 2019
• That film—romantic, languorous, pulpy, and alive—was followed by 1999’s gritty, single-minded crime thriller The Limey.
  — Zach Baron, GQ, 1 Aug. 2017
• The image is languorous and impish: Ms. Lang leans her head back onto Ms. Crawford’s breasts, eyes closed, her smile beatific.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2018
• Miró stretched the crowning third movement to its languorous extreme, clocking in at roughly 20 minutes.
  — Elizabeth Nonemaker, baltimoresun.com, 15 Nov. 2021
• All of this is not to say that Twin Peaks's new go-round isn't worthy of attention; its slow and languorous way of taking its time with scenes keeps one, mostly, attentive.
  — Daniel D’addario, Time, 22 May 2017
• Fingers on both women’s raised hands are without skeletal structure, languorous and at ease.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024