Seen recently on a tee shirt ~ EMERGENCY ALERT: If wearer of this shirt is found vacant, listless, or depressed, ADMINISTER CHOCOLATE IMMEDIATELY. From LearnThat.org. [Unknown]
He was listless and bored. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
After some days spent in listless indolence, during which I traversed many leagues. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 18] Reference
She could do nothing for herself, she could only obey Joan's dictates, and this she did in listless misery. From Wordnik.com. [That Lass o' Lowrie's: A Lancashire Story] Reference
Since I arrived not a leaf has stirred, not a bird has sung, the tides ebb and flow in listless and soundless ripples. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither] Reference
Design, were pretty lethargic, a word that means "listless" - and also a word Wiggins might not know how to spell. From Wordnik.com. [The Gazette-Enterprise: News] Reference
A shadow was on the threshold, and before I had recalled my listless fancy, in tripped Frances Sutherland, herself, feigning not to see me. From Wordnik.com. [Lords of the North] Reference
Robert visited Saturday but we were kind of listless and uncreative. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
DAN HILL, BODY LANGUAGE EXPERT: And if you don't do something, I think you run the risk of looking kind of listless, forlorn, marooned. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2008] Reference
Sveden, who suffers from emphysema had been coughing a lot and feeling "listless". From Wordnik.com. [Anorak News] Reference
After a day or two spent in a kind of listless dreaming, Clayton was so far recovered as to be able to sit up and look about him. From Wordnik.com. [Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. In Two Volumes. Vol. II] Reference
Whatever was going on, Blair was outwardly calm, even listless. From Wordnik.com. [The Times Bomb] Reference
SHAPIRO: The child, a boy just a week old, was listless but alive. From Wordnik.com. [At War's End, U.S. Ship Rescued South Vietnam's Navy] Reference
The Giants, meanwhile, went a listless 8-8 and missed the playoffs. From Wordnik.com. [J-E-T-S Act Like They Own the Place] Reference
It was not a listless waiting, it was intensely earnest and active. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
So how to explain the listless, dispiriting Brazilian effort in qualifying. From Wordnik.com. [The Clash Of The Titans] Reference
Indeed, she appeared listless and disinclined to say a word on any subject. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
His soft, listless voice and tongue-tied delivery often underwhelmed audiences. From Wordnik.com. [Housebroken] Reference
You would better not call on a man at all than go at him in a listless sort of a way. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
Shrum took one look at the listless campaign and whipped off a memo to his new client. From Wordnik.com. [Caught In Clinton's Shadow] Reference
No one could accuse Internal Revenue Service officers of being listless during tax season. From Wordnik.com. [10 reasons to visit irs.gov] Reference
She raised it to her lips and then placed it on the table, and resumed her listless attitude. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Oh, yes, I did mention the matter to him," went on Mr. Damon, and his tone was still listless. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune] Reference
Saturday night, the Giants closed an awful half in Baltimore, looking listless and disinterested. From Wordnik.com. [Giants Players Say] Reference
Saturday, the Giants closed an awful first half in Baltimore, looking listless and disinterested. From Wordnik.com. [Giants Players Say] Reference
At dawn we convene, an adiaphorous wind caresses us with listless fingers, vainglorious and animal. From Wordnik.com. [THE BOOK OF SUCH ~ a suite of poems] Reference
Little wonder the illusionist has a listless and dejected look, according to longtime Blaine watchers. From Wordnik.com. [Irreverent? Or Just Boorish?] Reference
That doggie, a constant companion in my days that grew listless as the man who reinvented the Morse code. From Wordnik.com. [Obituary] Reference
At times she became depressed and listless, at other times she was the Sister Frigidaire of her high-school nickname. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Card] Reference
I was frequently too listless to be effective, so I would leave the office on my compromised legs and go home to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Tipping Point] Reference
Those who were there say it wasn't their best show: the band sounded listless and Garcia forgot even more words than usual. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem For The Dead] Reference
Gasoline prices are one reason; the listless stock market (in which 60 million Americans are directly invested) is another. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Food Fight in the Big Tent] Reference
The baby's 18-year-old stepsister, who had been in the bathroom at the time, found Ignacio bloodied and listless on the bed. From Wordnik.com. [Just 'A Little Munchkin'] Reference
Instead, she says, listless students spent much of their class time surfing the Net under the eyes of unmotivated instructors. From Wordnik.com. [Germany's Jobless Racket] Reference
This little room above the massive front oak door was his study, where now he was wheezing, listless and half-asleep, on the daybed. From Wordnik.com. [‘Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel’] Reference
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