TORPOR in a Sentence

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She was the only one of his family who could rouse the old man from the torpor in which he seemed to live.

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 Meanings and Examples of TORPOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
torpor
 n.  state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
Classic Sentence:
1  His eyes were sharp and piercing, save during those intervals of torpor to which I have alluded; and his thin, hawk-like nose gave his whole expression an air of alertness and decision.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  Louisa awoke from a torpor, and her eyes languidly opened on her old bed at home, and her old room.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
3  Morrel, overpowered, turned around in the arm-chair; a delicious torpor permeated every vein.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
4  Elizabeth alone had the power to draw me from these fits; her gentle voice would soothe me when transported by passion and inspire me with human feelings when sunk in torpor.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
5  She was the only one of his family who could rouse the old man from the torpor in which he seemed to live.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VI
6  Bazarov did not get up again that day, and passed the whole night in heavy, half-unconscious torpor.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
7  Scarcely had I finished my repast, when I felt myself sink by degrees into a strange torpor.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
Example Sentence:
1  Throughout the winter, nothing aroused the bear from his torpor: he would not emerge until spring.