Towards the end of the last century a certain torpidity fell upon this concept of the chemical atom. ❋ Unknown (1967)
Chisleu -- meaning "torpidity," the state in which nature is in November, answering to this month. ❋ Unknown (1871)
And no, torpidity is not something a U-boat used to sink ships. ❋ Steve Perry (2010)
This episode suggested that considerable losses of weight, characteristic of swallows deprived of food for a long period of time, induce torpidity and subsequent death. ❋ TIM DEE (2009)
What several of these books combine to show — sometimes but not always unintentionally — is that the three years of the JFK regime were consumed by extraordinary hyperactivity on two fronts, and by extraordinary torpidity on two others. ❋ Unknown (2006)
His stolid instinctive conservatism grovels before the tyrant rule of routine, despite that turbulent and licentious independence which ever suggests revolt against the ruler: his mental torpidity, founded upon physical indolence, renders immediate action and all manner of exertion distasteful: his conscious weakness shows itself in overweening arrogance and intolerance. ❋ Unknown (2006)
When this idea intruded on the train of romantic visions which agitated him, it was like the sharp stroke of the harpoon, which awakens the whale from slumbering torpidity into violent action. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The inability or refusal to reason, to seek truth and understanding, inevitably leads to intolerance and intellectual torpidity. ❋ Unknown (2007)
He was, no doubt, preparing for his approaching fatigues; but what gigantic visions must those be that flit through the brain of such a man when his body is in a state of torpidity! ❋ Unknown (2007)
This included a paper on cretinism and a report of experiments he had conducted in Germany on the torpidity of hamsters and hedghogs he said the cold sent them to sleep. ❋ James Burke (2007)
Mostly due to my own experience in the military and what I perceive as a sort of civil torpidity among the American populace. ❋ Unknown (2005)
Frankly to me, the lack of a sense of humor, as evidenced by today's earnest laugh-like essay on the perils of television is in itself a dangerous form of mental torpidity. ❋ Unknown (2007)
These sonnets have little range of topics, no extent of observation, no playfulness; there is even a certain torpidity in the concluding lines of some of them, which reminds one of church hymns; but, whilst they flow with great sweetness, they have the sublime unity of the Decalogue or the Code of Menu, and if as monotonous, yet are they almost as pure as the sounds of ❋ Unknown (2006)
At work, she could read him by the shifts of emotion in his face and eyes, from the slump or upturn of his shoulders, the animation or tiredness in his voice, the briskness or torpidity of his walk. ❋ Joan Medlicott (2006)
For example last week, the No 62 & 84 Bus out of Alewife both seemed plagued during their late eafternoon runs with appalling transmission problems that made getting up the Route 2 Access Road an adventure in serene torpidity. ❋ Unknown (2005)
Get [your ass] down here, you torpid [bag of shit]! ❋ Jesus (2003)
The [public's] torpid response to [John McCain's] candidacy was [electrified] when he nominated Sarah Palin. ❋ Old-School-Con (2008)
1. A ToRpiD would say something like "I feel sorry for you, having 13 legs and an orange head."
2. o rly?
3. Take what little grammar you have and go back to school, mang.
4. [OH NOEZ] [PLEZ] NO?! I'm sorry if you cant come up with a single logical argument
5. lol ur a [kool kid] arent u ❋ JesusHadAegis (2009)
"That [band] is so torpid!" ❋ Barg (2006)
[Omg] Torpid [is that you]? ❋ Hmmmok (2020)
[Torpid]=[the best] ❋ Hmmmok (2020)
[Hey bro]. [Show me] your [Torpid Yondu Skull] ❋ Nwlxo (2023)
