torpor in English
they veered between apathetic torpor and hysterical fanaticism
Use "torpor" in a sentence
1. He fell into a deep torpor.
2. And without me the school might sink into torpor.
3. He had sunk into an intellectual torpor.
4. In the heat they sank into a state of torpor.
5. The shock of the icy air ended Claire's torpor.
6. Many people have succumbed to torpor after a week's heavy drinking.
7. A state of dormancy or torpor during the summer.
8. Unlike torpor, diapause is a long - term state of suspension.
9. But its prolonged torpor only adds to the suspense now.
10. She must rouse herself from the torpor of mind and body.
11. He had slumped into a state of torpor from which nothing could rouse him.
12. This would weaken incentives and lead to periods of torpor and stagnation.
13. His eyes were sharp and piercing , save during those intervals of torpor.
14. They spend the winter months in a state of torpor underneath rocks.
15. She tried to rouse him from the torpor into which he had sunk.
16. His heart now leapt with excitement, now sank into a torpor of despondency.
17. The Thatcher government shook Britain out of itsanti - business torpor in the 1980 s.
18. Many experts believe that the processes of daily torpor and hibernation form a continuum.
19. Mimi, war, astonishment torpor, slavery, will daily wipe out those holy principles of thine.
20. This, maybe, was my opportunity to escape from the torpor into which I had sunk.
21. After a soaring early winter, they lost altitude and Backslid into Same Old Knicks-type torpor.
22. They will remain there in a state of torpor, patiently awaiting the return of the rains.
23. Strike the nail of totally liberated five - doors [ sense faculties ] at the juncture of excitement and torpor.
24. Amphibians may have survived because of their ability to hibernate or to enter a state of torpor.
25. There lay Dineh, captive, in a torpor, while his enemies decided how to put him to death.
26. Not even a bravura turn by one of the most charismatic actors of his generation can relieve the torpor.
27. 27 Not even a bravura turn by one of the most charismatic actors of his generation can relieve the torpor.
28. When examining the roots of torpor in the order Chiroptera, it is important to consider the physiological limitations bats face
29. Acedia is a Greek word that names a state of languor or torpor, of unconcern or dissatisfaction with one's condition or action in the world
30. Acedia is a Greek word that names a state of languor or torpor, of unconcern or dissatisfaction with one's condition or action in the world
31. Acedia (from Latin) has been variously defined as a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one’s position or condition in the world
32. Origin of Accidie From Anglo-Norman Accidie, Old French accide, Accidie, from Late Latin accīdia, alteration of acēdia (“sloth, torpor”), from Ancient Greek ἀκήδεια (akēdeia, “indifference”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κῆδος (kēdos, “care”).
33. Aestivation or daily torpor is an adaptive tactic to survive hot and dry periods of low food availability, and has been documented for species of lungfishes, teleost fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals
34. From Middle English Accidie, from Anglo-Norman Accidie, Old French accide, Accidie, from Late Latin accīdia, alteration of acēdia (“sloth, torpor”), from Ancient Greek ἀκήδεια (akḗdeia, “indifference”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κῆδος (kêdos, “care”).
35. Action, work, life, labour, movement, energy, exercise, spirit, enterprise, motion, bustle, animation, vigour, hustle, exertion, hurly-burly, liveliness, activeness There is an extraordinary level of Activity in the market. action inertia, inaction, lethargy, inActivity, passivity, idleness, dullness, immobility, torpor, sluggishness, indolence
36. In culture. Acedia ( accidie or accedie, from Latin acedĭa, and this from Greek ἀκηδία, “negligence”, ἀ- “lack of” -κηδία “care”) has been variously defined as a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one’s position or condition in the
37. Like the platypus, the echidna has a low body temperature—between 30 and 32 °C (86 and 90 °F)—but, unlike the platypus, which shows no evidence of torpor or hibernation, the body temperature of the echidna may fall as low as 5 °C (41 °F).
38. Acedia (; also Accidie or accedie, from Latin acedĭa, and this from Greek ἀκηδία, "negligence") describes a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition in the world.It can lead to a state of being unable to perform one's duties in life
39. The poet's torpor, his "acedia" (a humanist version of "accidie", the sin of sloth, related here to the Ciceronian "Aegritude"), has now brought the greatest doctor from his eternal meditations, and the resulting dialogue – with Truth silently in attendance, her face lighting the alternating lines of thought in this exemplary doubling
40. Acedia (Accidie or accedie, from Latin acedĭa, and this from Greek ἀκηδία, “negligence”, ἀ- “lack of” -κηδία “care”) has been variously defined as a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one’s position or condition in the world.In ancient Greece akidía literally meant an inert state without pain or care.
41. We are at first torpid when God invites us, except he applies his many goads; and then we act formally in coming to him: it is hence needful that both these vices should be corrected in us, — our torpor must be roused, — and those self-Complacences, in which we too much indulge ourselves, must be shaken off.