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languid - use in sentences
Modifies a noun
- pace: They've no regrets about swapping the stresses of Tokyo for the languid pace of island life.
- eye: I visited Edinburgh with languid eyes and mind; and yet that city might have interested the most unfortunate being.
- style: I think it's because I've got quite a relaxed, languid style like he did.
- manner: Even Micah Hyde, in a more reserved and languid manner.
- day: I spent a relaxing and languid day in Grantown whilst I sorted out my transport arrangements.
- atmosphere: It is far enough away from the coast to enjoy the languid atmosphere of this area.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: The Rain is graceful, and rather languid too, with lines like: " I think I'll sleep another day or two.
- very: They're too similar in mood, both very languid and dreamy.
- little: The pace may be a little languid at times, but the film never lost my interest and is fairly suspenseful throughout.
Used with adjective complement
- become: One effect he describes is that, after taking opium, " The peristaltic Motion of the Intestines becomes more languid.
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