torpor

• This torpor is the consequence of an oppressed condition of brain, proceeding, for the most part, from increased arterial action in this organ. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 272, September 8, 1827
• Absolute passivity lays hold upon them all--torpor, stagnation, no dream of advance or progress. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
• The first sharp sensation which roused her from her torpor was a quick desire to see him once more; up she sprang, and climbed to an out-jutting dizzy point of rock, but a little above her sheltered nook, yet commanding a wide view over the bare, naked sands;--far away below, touching the rippling water-line, was Stephen Bromley, busily gathering in his nets; besides him there was no living creature visible. —  Ruth
• This torpor was agreeable to him because it was in conformity with his humour and his tastes, and because he regarded those who counselled it as good, wise, and enlightened people, not blinded by their private interests, but seeing clearly things as they were; while he was importuned with opinions and explanations which would have disclosed the true state of affairs and suggested remedies He looked upon such people as offered these opinions and explanations as impetuous counsellors, who hurried everything and suggested everything, who wished to discount the future in order to satisfy their ambition, their aversion, their different passions. —  Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
• And in the course of a minute and searching discussion he shows us the characteristics of these lines in the moods or qualities signified by the three words--torpor, instinct, and intelligence: the vegetable kingdom constructing and storing explosives which the animal expends, and man creating a nervous system for himself which permits him to convert the expense into analysis. —  A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson

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