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Noun
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But she was bothered by the attendant weight gain and lethargy.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025 -
Other symptoms of milk allergy can include vomiting, diarrhea, rectal bleed, lethargy, etc.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His erotic energy jolts the community from its torpor.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Their bodies go into a torpor where their heart rate and metabolism slows 20% to 50%.—
Damon Arthur,
USA TODAY,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The result of this lassitude is that cars still rule the streets.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
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But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Torpidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpidity. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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