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I feel a little bit like Sandy, because I am being very suddenly awakened from a kind of stupour down at my office; but I hope not from any such influence as that ascribed to the Scotchman.

The Position of Prince Edward Island 1909

She watched him go in a kind of stupour, knowing that when they next met he would be as courteous and self-possessed as if nothing had happened, but that everything would nevertheless go on in the same way -- in HIS way -- and that there was no more hope of shaking his resolve or altering his point of view than there would have been of transporting the deep-rooted masonry of Saint Desert by means of the wheeled supports on which Apex architecture performed its easy transits.

The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton 1899

Readers turn to SF because it offers intelligence and escapism and something different, and unfortunately a lot of people don't want something different, and don't want to be stimulated, and are (un) happy crawling through life in a capitalistic stupour.

MIND MELD: Science Fiction as a 'Geek' Genre 2008

It is very doubtful that the American populace will be roused from its ideological stupour long enough to see the real source of its problems and react accordingly.

Update: Citing Promises, AP Lifts Military Photo Ban « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

Although perhaps it is Brendan Fraser who should be crying himself into a stupour after looking at the poster.

When Bad Posters Strike: Extraordinary Measures Glenn Dunks 2009

Vicious never arose from his drugged stupour to give her a mouthful of water.

Archive 2008-10-01 Lemon Hound 2008

If you and the lads from Support Group and the dog choose to come visiting this Christmas, please break the door down quietly so as not to arouse me from my drunken stupour … all the best on December 23, 2006 at 1: 32 pm | Reply Dibble

Largehearted Boy « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006

Vicious never arose from his drugged stupour to give her a mouthful of water.

Lynn Crosbie reads Sid Vicious and Entertains A Few Questions Lemon Hound 2008

We've had aristocratic junkies found in a stupour outside their door; a model who threw a party every night and walked to the lift to greet her guests -- naked; a man who bred Afghan dogs and the dogs threw themselves against the door, full-on, whenever he was gone it sounded like the Blitz, with the shelling and mortars falling, dad said.

The Complainer, the Whiner and the Sniper... Ann Althouse 2007

But before I lapse into a stupour again, this message:

Briefly Emerging From Virus Semi-Conscious State: lolauthors 2007