torpid

• The religious feeling was torpid, and in a degree which insured the strong reaction of some irritating galvanism, or quickening impulse such as that which was in fact supplied by Methodism. —  The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1
• The living answers to a shock from without; the most lively gives the most energetic, the torpid or dying the feeblest, and the dead no answer at all. —  Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches
• Now, a dog who has lost his master is an unperturbed, torpid, contented creature compared with a flag-lieutenant who has lost his admiral, and there was a terrible to-do. —  Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918
• I should say that the place to beware of the serpents would be the shallow, still creeks in sunny parts of the forest, or in the pools of the swamps, where they lie half-torpid till some animal comes in to bathe or drink Hadn't we better change the conversation?" —  Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig
• I approached to where he was seated, in the hope of hearing him speak; but he seemed to be torpid (which was another characteristic in favour of my suspicion), and I had waited some time in vain, when, to my surprise, I heard him, in a voice well known to my ears, inquire of a merchant who was passing, ‘In God’s name, what may be the price of lambs’ skins at Constantinople Oh, for once,’ said I, ‘I cannot be mistaken! —  The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

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