He fell into a deep torpor. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Hibernation: Each winter bears enter a sluggish state called torpor, which is not true hibernation. From Wordnik.com. [Press of Atlantic City: Editorials] Reference
They are preparing for a long winter of temporary hibernation known as torpor by chomping down about 20,000 calories per day. From Wordnik.com. [Rich Wolf: Boulder Wolfs Host Bears] Reference
What finally pulled Cassy from the depths of her torpor was a sudden stinging sensation in her nose followed by a series of violent sneezes. From Wordnik.com. [Invasion]
"has broken the spell under which we lay in torpor for ages, taking it to be the normal condition of certain races living in certain geographical limits.". From Wordnik.com. [Tagore and His India] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
A kind of torpor seemed to hang over the battle-field. From Wordnik.com. [The New Book of Martyrs] Reference
I had never noticed this kind of torpor in her before. From Wordnik.com. [The Moonstone] Reference
Some of them lie in a kind of torpor on the bottom of the tank. From Wordnik.com. [statesman.com - Highschool] Reference
A kind of torpor born of intense fatigue lulled the Terrorist's senses to somnolence. From Wordnik.com. [The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel] Reference
He sank into a kind of torpor, from which he was roused by the sound of applause and enthusiastic bravos. From Wordnik.com. [The Nabob] Reference
They sat there, near by one another; but in a kind of torpor, especially in a silence, which was very striking. From Wordnik.com. [Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII.] Reference
She was very tired, and a kind of torpor numbed her; still she would not give way, feeling anxious at leaving him awake. From Wordnik.com. [His Masterpiece] Reference
A kind of torpor which looked very much like death itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Clique of Gold] Reference
This shook him out of his torpor and made him shudder. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Frankly, the Jackal's book put me in a somnambulant torpor. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: From Communism To Al Qaeda] Reference
Musharraf was shaken out of his torpor and sent in the Army. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
It's easy to blame Confucius for the torpor in Asia's schools. From Wordnik.com. [Learning To Think] Reference
A renewed drive is demanded to wake the world from its torpor. From Wordnik.com. [Anthony Giddens: Open Letter on Climate Change] Reference
Seeing Mary again seemed to rally Aunt Winnie from her torpor. From Wordnik.com. [Heron Lake] Reference
A happy torpor stole over Marsa; and, while the guests of the Baroness. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The crisis in Mumbai may have jolted middle-class voters out of their torpor. From Wordnik.com. [A Jolt To The Middle Classes] Reference
All he wanted was to wake the fireflies out of their blind, staggering torpor. From Wordnik.com. [Peace-keeping (Valentine's Day Massacre Theme)] Reference
I woke from my torpor, as he put it, I came out of death, and was alive again. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Bearden was wakened from his esthetic torpor by the civilrights movement of the early 1960s. From Wordnik.com. [Unsentimental Journey] Reference
He comes out of his torpor just long enough to utter the seemingly random numbers 36, 27, 39. From Wordnik.com. [HOLLYWOOD'S NEXT BIG THING] Reference
Awaking from his torpor to a certain extent, Steve found himself engaged in some practical thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
A torpor stole over her, caused by the dimness, the faint odor of the incense, and the solemn silence. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But activity turned to torpor as Rivera sat around the house in Whittier, Calif., waiting for school to start. From Wordnik.com. [The Cultural War On Diabetes] Reference
It is a torpor that must be resisted, as the man in the whirling snows must bestir himself, or he will perish. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
I stood over her open casket, stared numbly down at her clasped hands, trying to shake myself out of this torpor. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Matlack: It's Not Just Don Draper: Real Men Who Cry] Reference
Notwithstanding my nervous apprehension, a sleep more like the torpor of lethargy than natural slumber, fell on me at once. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Investors have noticed -- and the turmoil in the Nikkei index seems to have jolted Japan's new government out of its torpor. From Wordnik.com. [Japan Inc. R.I.P.] Reference
In a new place her stupor might disappear, and her mind be roused from its torpor; but a constant surveillance was necessary. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In the space of eight days, thanks to the summer break and its accompanying torpor, the President of the Republic has made three mistakes. From Wordnik.com. [Bernard-Henri Lévy: Nicolas Sarkozy's Three Errors] Reference
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