He agrees the government has responded "torpidly.". From Wordnik.com. [An Exchange on AIDS] Reference
Disappointment washed through its mind as the man turned at the call of another of its kind and ran torpidly back toward the lights. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Heorot]
After which she dropped back once more into the lethargy of weakness, painfully conscious of the fact that relief was only to be found in lying torpidly still and silent. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
So the night drew on with the men and dogs sleeping torpidly; with the old Wolf chuckling grimly as the shadows closed about him, and with the child in the cold above sobbing out pitiful prayers for her lover, for only yesterday she had plighted her troth to Davy Gethin, the. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
They sat in the carriage-house of the Schofields 'empty stable; the doors upon the alley were open, and Sam and Penrod stared torpidly at the thin but implacable drizzle which was the more irritating because there was barely enough of it to interfere with a number of things they had planned to do. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
He seems to have been torpidly unaware of what was going on. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII] Reference
He was still sitting immovable, his eyes torpidly fixed upon the wall. From Wordnik.com. [The Flirt] Reference
His mind worked slowly and torpidly, so that even grief came with an effort. From Wordnik.com. [A Poor Wise Man] Reference
Passionless and confused, they swim torpidly about in the dating pool, driving me and my single girlfriends to despair. From Wordnik.com. [Salon] Reference
Here, commonly, men of leisure sit through the warm hours, torpidly fishing the smooth green depth of water below; but now there was none. From Wordnik.com. [Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories] Reference
Dido and her court are people who sip champagne cocktails from long-stemmed glasses while reclining torpidly on Tyrian-purple, gold-fringed cushions. From Wordnik.com. [The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe] Reference
He lounged back torpidly, listening to the drone and clatter of voices below, lazily inspecting each newcomer, pretending to drop off into a doze of ennui. From Wordnik.com. [Never-Fail Blake] Reference
Sometime in the night Vaniman awoke, not suddenly, or with the sense of having been disturbed, but torpidly, with the feeling that he had been especially deep in slumber. From Wordnik.com. [When Egypt Went Broke] Reference
I doubt if I ever told you that in the old days, when experimenting with the animals, I found that my will -- or brain-power, if you prefer the term -- worked torpidly for a while after meals, although, as you know, I was never what they call a hearty feeder. From Wordnik.com. [Foe-Farrell] Reference
Whoso does shrink from these inquiries is either a moral coward, afraid of the results of an honest search after that truth of things which expresses the will of the Creator, or a spiritual sluggard, frightened by a call to mental effort and torpidly clinging to ease of mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life] Reference
They sat in the carriage-house of the Schofields 'empty stable; the doors upon the alley were open, and Sam and Penrod stared torpidly at the thin but implacable drizzle that was the more irritating because there was barely enough of it to interfere with a number of things they had planned to do. From Wordnik.com. [Penrod and Sam] Reference
They had assembled torpidly, half dead with thirst, but the new occupation to which their sturdy commander urged them, the hope of victory, and the great value of the prize: a piece of land at the foot of the sacred mountain, rich in springs and palm-trees, wonderfully strengthened their lost energy. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
A few valises and legs descended, ascended, herding and hurrying; a few trunks were thrown resoundingly in and out of the train; a woolly, crooked old man came with a box and a bandanna bundle from the second-class car; the travellers of a thousand miles looked torpidly at him through the dim, dusty windows of their Pullman, and settled again for a thousand miles more. From Wordnik.com. [The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories] Reference
"of this ribbon?" the attention of the child will in all probability remain torpidly fixed upon the examples suggested by her. From Wordnik.com. [The Montessori Method] Reference
“Lily had her kid,” she said — torpidly, as though reciting an algebraic equation — “she had you, and by then what did I have?. From Wordnik.com. [What Happened to the Baby?] Reference
These impressions came to the soul of the young man vaguely, confusedly, torpidly, like all the sensations he had felt since his waking. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Inn] Reference
Drifting torpidly in an unseen current. From Wordnik.com. [The Urth of the New Sun]
A loveless man, accepted torpidly. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 2] Reference
Long to endure this torpidly, and shun. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
Mud-banks torpidly bubble. From Wordnik.com. [Georgian Poetry 1918-19] Reference
"I feel-wonderful," he mumbled torpidly. From Wordnik.com. [Flinx's Folly]
Master Vallance, torpidly reassured, meditated. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel] Reference
Mobile girl -- whom Adolphe was already so torpidly enamored of -- "H-m-m-m!". From Wordnik.com. [Kincaid's Battery] Reference
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