'Defects of mind' are such as listlessness, haste, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The techs were going through the motions, but there was a kind of listlessness in their movements and a general air of defeat. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos] Reference
To linger out the hour in listlessness or sleep?. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 84] Reference
It came on gradually, in a kind of listlessness and want of appetite. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
Their mission almost completed, they began to sink into that listlessness which is often the precursor of death. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
He is uncommunicative and moody and goes about his work with a listlessness which is more and more disturbing to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie Child] Reference
Buckley: There was a kind of listlessness in the sixties, and that listlessness called for a kind of self-indulgent relief. From Wordnik.com. [The Corner on National Review Online] Reference
Her listlessness was a thing forgotten. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Land] Reference
There is too much need for any listlessness in prayer. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Land of Canaan] Reference
He notices her listlessness, for she starts as she speaks. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Look out for symptoms like headaches, dizziness and listlessness. From Wordnik.com. [HEALTH: IT'S OVER YOUR HEAD] Reference
Self confidence breeds listlessness; and listlessness spells defeat. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
My habits were too active to remain long in this state of listlessness. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Later, when he came to Nice, it was with a listlessness foreign to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Triflers] Reference
He dropped his pen in sudden listlessness, crossed aimlessly to the window. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
When troubled with listlessness, and impeded circulation, what should we do?. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education] Reference
The poignant pain of the past hours had changed to an overwhelming listlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
His manner dropped into listlessness, and by slow stages he now reached the door. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
Clifford Heath threw off his listlessness and looked up with his usual cheery smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
I do not know whether it was some magnetic influence or her silence and listlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She blamed his listlessness on too much activity, on having held him too much that day. From Wordnik.com. [Casualty] Reference
She seemed to have lost her hold on life and to exist in a state of wearied listlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
But the only change that came over Chloe was increasing listlessness of mind and fatigue of body. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
Now, his very listlessness told how strong a hold, or, rather, lack of hold, his nerves had on him. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference
Symptoms of dehydration include a parched, dry mouth, less urination, irritability and listlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Top 10 Health Worries] Reference
Mother told the tale in a dull voice, the lively product of her imagination belied by listlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Old clothes, bread, cream and butter.] Reference
You might call her interesting-looking, but for a certain listlessness and want of sympathy with others. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
Hence is explained the listlessness of which every one is conscious in the continuous perusal of the Seasons. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1] Reference
Without any specific gestures or words sent to him, he nonetheless felt her listlessness and knew her anguish. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
Coryndon nodded silently; his eyes lit up with interest and all his listlessness vanished as he watched the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery] Reference
All who have performed a voyage, know the feeling of listlessness to which a landsman abandons himself during a calm. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
After dismissing Chia Yün, he lay in such complete listlessness on the bed that he betrayed every sign of being half asleep. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Any thing, every thing is good to escape from the languor and listlessness of a converse from which whatever interests is banished. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828] Reference
She was still looking out toward her "green and friendly" hill and the listlessness of her outline told him that she, too, was musing. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
"How long he sleeps!" she murmured anxiously, "I don't like this listlessness that has come over him lately; he dozes now all the time.". From Wordnik.com. [Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense] Reference
The listlessness and swollen bellies of children in Africa tell of hunger and inadequate nutrition that will hold them back for a lifetime. From Wordnik.com. [Children are what they eat] Reference
The thing to do is, not work against listlessness, for listlessness is only a symptom, but work up a real interest in the object of prayer. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Land of Canaan] Reference
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