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Six example sentences with torpid, each labelled with its topic.
Tortoises go torpid through the cold months, barely shifting in their burrows until the ground warms in March.
Environment
Three days of heavy meals and no walking left him torpid, and even climbing the stairs felt like work.
Fitness
The middle hour is torpid, with characters sitting in rooms saying nothing while the audience checks its watches.
Movies
The team looked torpid in the first half, jogging back on defense and losing every loose ball.
Basketball
Growth stayed torpid for a decade, with factories running half shifts and few new firms opening anywhere.
Economics
The narrator spends a torpid summer in the village, sleeping until noon and reading the same book twice.
Literature
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