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How to use indolent in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective

Indolent means habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor. Example: “The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.”

Examples of indolent by meaning

adjectiveHabitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.

  • The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.

More sentences with indolent

  • 'It's just natural for the folks here to be indolent,' she said.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 26. From the entry hustle
  • And so in his indolent way he drifted gradually into the habit and became a confirmed "pipe-hitter."1912, Thomas Watson Houston, Mey Wing: A Romance of Cathay, page 83. From the entry pipe-hitter
  • It was such a day as one dreams about, with that pleasant warmth in the air that makes for indolent content.1914, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 11, in The Pirate of Panama. From the entry make for
  • You're too fastidious, and too indolent, and too rich.1908, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady (The Novels and Tales of Henry James), New York edition, volume (please specify |volume=I or…. From the entry fastidious
  • She was taller than the man, and the equability of her body, contrasting with his indolent slouch, accentuated the difference.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry equability
  • Beneath the indolent sprawl of the Imperial Palace lay the holding cells, the interrogation rooms, the laboratoriums, all the varied instruments essential to the Empire.2012, JY Yang, “Captain Bells and the Sovereign State of Discordia”, in Ann VanderMeer, editor, Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution, San…. From the entry laboratorium
  • Nor did she tire of the same record five times in a row; she was too indolent to select more than one number.2011, Nelson Algren, Never Come Morning. From the entry juke
  • Now, although like most young people, Godfrey was indolent and evasive of difficulties, fearful of facing troubles also, he had a bedrock of character.1918, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter VIII, in Love Eternal. From the entry bedrock
  • Either they never learn how to work, or, having learned, they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.1929, Calvin Coolidge, The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, →OCLC, page 171. From the entry capacity

Meaning of indolent

  1. adjective Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
  2. adjective Inducing laziness.
  3. adjective Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).

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Questions about indolent in a sentence

How do you use indolent in a sentence?
Indolent is used as an adjective. For example: “The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.”
What is a short sentence with indolent?
“The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.”
What does indolent mean?
Indolent means habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.

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