indolence

• A tendency to indolence is to be combated. —  The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother
• It was the indolence which is perfectly consistent with a course of tremendous and sustained energy. —  The Dictator
• Oblómoff carried the national indolence--"_khalátnost_," or dressing-gown laziness, the Russians call it in general--to such a degree that he not only was unable to do anything, but he was not able even to enjoy himself. —  A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections
• Yet if there be such whose indolence is the cause why they are not able to defray the expenses of their education, they should by no means embark in the ministry, as the faithful discharge of ministerial duties requires men of great industry. —  American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod
• And yet, when he took a case, he manifested gifts of shrewdness that would have made many another lawyer of much greater practice jealous Attorney Langford's shrewdness and indolence were alternately intermittent. —  Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation

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