LANGUID in a Sentence
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69 example sentences for LANGUID, such as:
1. It stunned them with its languid quiet.
2. Her siege of illness left her languid and pallid.
3. Lucy was languid and tired, and slept on after we had been called.
4. Ethan, with a touch of his whip, roused the sorrel to a languid trot.
5. In an instant Holmes had changed from the languid dreamer to the man of action.
2. Her siege of illness left her languid and pallid.
3. Lucy was languid and tired, and slept on after we had been called.
4. Ethan, with a touch of his whip, roused the sorrel to a languid trot.
5. In an instant Holmes had changed from the languid dreamer to the man of action.
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Meanings and Examples of LANGUID
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languid
a. lacking spirit or liveliness
Classic Sentence: (65 in 5 pages)
1 Ethan, with a touch of his whip, roused the sorrel to a languid trot.
2 She could hardly remain in bed and look languid and make croaking noises until Aunt Pitty, Mammy and Uncle Peter were out of the house and on their way to Mrs. Bonnell's.
3 She looked languid, full of a suffering sweetness; she carried a scent-bottle in her hand.
4 It stunned them with its languid quiet.
5 She thought of Madame Ratignolle, but knew that her fair friend did not leave the house, except to take a languid walk around the block with her husband after nightfall.
6 Mrs. Highcamp hung with languid but unaffected interest upon the warm and impetuous volubility of her left-hand neighbor, Victor Lebrun.
7 A warm and strong hand clasped the youth's languid fingers for an instant, and then he heard a cheerful and audacious whistling as the man strode away.
8 Marie lifted her large eyes on her cousin with an air of some curiosity, and received her with languid politeness.
9 Half an hour followed that would have been at least languid under any other circumstances, but Fanny's happiness still prevailed.
10 "Of course you have seen my fire," she answered with languid calmness, artificially maintained.
11 Our visitor glanced with some apparent surprise at the languid, lounging figure of the man who had been no doubt depicted to him as the most incisive reasoner and most energetic agent in Europe.
12 In an instant Holmes had changed from the languid dreamer to the man of action.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
13 In appearance he was a man of exceedingly aristocratic type, thin, high-nosed, and large-eyed, with languid and yet courtly manners.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
14 "The case has certainly some points of interest," said he, in his languid fashion.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
15 Lucy was languid and tired, and slept on after we had been called.
Example Sentence:
1 The anger intensified after the team's lacklustre World Cup performances; Mr Ozil is notoriously languid, at times almost apathetic.
2 Denuded of their social and political context, they serve, alongside Copacabana and the palm-fringed beaches of its northern coasts, as code for languid tropical hedonism, the brand identity of Brazil in the global tourist market.
3 Her siege of illness left her languid and pallid.
4 To his delight a familiar, tall, languid figure lowered itself down the steps of a club.