LETHARGY in a Sentence
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20 example sentences for LETHARGY, such as:
1. Again, however, his active spirit shook off the lethargy which springs from despair.
2. Becky roused up from her lethargy of distress and showed good interest in the proceedings.
3. She generally lies in a kind of lethargy all the afternoon, and wakes up about six or seven.
4. That proposal, unexpectedly, roused Linton from his lethargy, and threw him into a strange state of agitation.
5. A cry more prolonged than the others and ending in a series of groans effectually roused me from my drowsy lethargy.
2. Becky roused up from her lethargy of distress and showed good interest in the proceedings.
3. She generally lies in a kind of lethargy all the afternoon, and wakes up about six or seven.
4. That proposal, unexpectedly, roused Linton from his lethargy, and threw him into a strange state of agitation.
5. A cry more prolonged than the others and ending in a series of groans effectually roused me from my drowsy lethargy.
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Meanings and Examples of LETHARGY
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lethargy
n. a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
n. weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 Becky roused up from her lethargy of distress and showed good interest in the proceedings.
2 A cry more prolonged than the others and ending in a series of groans effectually roused me from my drowsy lethargy.
3 The latter did not appear to arouse from his lethargy; in fact, he did not notice the offered hand.
4 She would, indeed, have found it impossible to repeat what had been said the last few minutes, when suddenly Madame Danglars' hand, pressed on her arm, aroused her from her lethargy.
5 While announcing his departure, the count fixed his eyes on Morrel, and remarked that the words, "I shall have left this country," had failed to rouse him from his lethargy.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.
Context Highlight In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.
6 I think that the digression of my thoughts must have done me good, for when I got back to bed I found a lethargy creeping over me.
7 I would have got out to make certain on the point, but some leaden lethargy seemed to chain my limbs and even my will.
8 The lethargy grows upon her, and though she seems strong and well, and is getting back some of her colour, Van Helsing and I are not satisfied.
9 About noon she got into a sort of lethargy which we did not like; although we kept silence to the others, we were neither of us happy about it.
10 What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.
11 She generally lies in a kind of lethargy all the afternoon, and wakes up about six or seven.
12 Mr. St. John came but once: he looked at me, and said my state of lethargy was the result of reaction from excessive and protracted fatigue.
13 That proposal, unexpectedly, roused Linton from his lethargy, and threw him into a strange state of agitation.
14 Again, however, his active spirit shook off the lethargy which springs from despair.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
15 He entered with a weariness and lethargy which was even more painful than his violence of the morning before, and he dropped heavily into the armchair which I pushed forward for him.
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