LETHARGIC in a Sentence

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She complains of difficulty in breathing satisfactorily at times, and of heavy, lethargic sleep, with dreams that frighten her, but ...

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 Meanings and Examples of LETHARGIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lethargic
 a.  drowsy; dull; indifferent or apathetic
Classic Sentence:
1  She complains of difficulty in breathing satisfactorily at times, and of heavy, lethargic sleep, with dreams that frighten her, but regarding which she can remember nothing.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  It was certainly odd that whenever she got into that lethargic state, with the stertorous breathing, she put the flowers from her; but that when she waked she clutched them close.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  When we entered we saw with amazement that he had spread out his sugar as of old; the flies, lethargic with the autumn, were beginning to buzz into the room.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
4  She continued either delirious or lethargic; and the doctor forbade everything which could painfully excite her.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
5  I found the sick-room unwatched, as I had expected: no nurse was there; the patient lay still, and seemingly lethargic; her livid face sunk in the pillows: the fire was dying in the grate.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
6  It made us all lethargic before we had gone far, and when we had left the Half-way House behind, we habitually dozed and shivered and were silent.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVIII
7  This discourse gave rise to new reflections, and Martin especially concluded that man was born to live either in a state of distracting inquietude or of lethargic disgust.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXX
8  Long after he had finished eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw.
Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In II
9  On winter's mornings such as this, when he was very tired and everything dragged itself lethargically through his head, this belief of his seemed irrefutable.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
Example Sentence:
1  The stuffy room made her lethargic: she felt as if she was about to nod off.