How to Use languid in a Sentence

languid

adjective
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  • It was a hot, languid summer day.
  • They proceeded at a languid pace.
  • The whole process set a languid pace for life there, and a lot of people liked it that way.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2019
  • This languid bop will get you through the rocky waves of life, but don't let the smooth groove the song is built on fool you.
    — Courtney E. Smith, refinery29.com, 27 Apr. 2020
  • The colors are liquid and languid, but there is a tension to the work.
    — The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
  • And ere the languid summer died, / Sweet Maud became the Judge’s bride.
    — Maureen Corrigan, WSJ, 14 May 2021
  • There’s a lot of time in between songs, meaning the 70-minute clip has a languid pace.
    — al, 22 Mar. 2020
  • It’s the languid circulation of this hot air that cooks the food.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Options run the gamut from versions with sleeves to languid gowns.
    — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2022
  • This trip, on a cold and wet winter day, will not allow for a languid boat ride.
    — New York Times, 12 May 2022
  • Much time is spent crafting the world the story is built on with the premise moving forward at a languid pace.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The trail hugs the lower slope of the mountain in a languid circle past rough boulders and a forest of cactus.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Baseball has hit the fast-forward button on the languid pace of its season.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2020
  • The Lyriq feels at its best in Touring Mode with everything set to its most relaxed and languid.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 28 June 2022
  • The battery of barracuda (yes, en masse they are called that) soon shifted course, and we were left to our languid strokes.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 2 July 2019
  • The Niro hybrid hit the same marks in a much more languid 8.9 and 6.2 seconds, respectively.
    — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The oil on canvas shows an oarsman in a top hat rowing his skiff on languid waters.
    — Catherine Gaschka, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The story begins in 1986 on a languid afternoon in the Levys' Jerusalem apartment.
    — Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Jake led me through the club, walking with a languid gait, his shoulders rolled back so that his heart looked open and imperiled.
    — Allie Rowbottom, ELLE, 4 Nov. 2022
  • This unguarded track surfs along with its heart on its sleeve, plus a languid saxophone and a few great turns of phrase.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2021
  • The game, mostly languid, was briefly interesting at the end but finished with a 13-6 Colts win.
    — Oliver Staley, Quartz at Work, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Only on the shores of the Mediterranean could a holistic retreat be as languid and seductive as Sha.
    — Ann Abel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2019
  • But nothing else has changed: the status quo has prevailed through a long, languid summer.
    — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
  • As the lighting at the venue bathed the space in pleasing shades of buttercup, peach, lavender, sky blue, and sea foam green, models walked with the languid stride of ’70s greats.
    — Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Europe’s growth in the first three months of the year was languid as the United States and China struggled to maintain momentum.
    — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Thus is the film’s strange, languid erotic holding pattern set.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Despite our languid pace, Lees Ferry loomed much too soon.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 5 Sep. 2019
  • For a fresh take, contrast the coat's hue with languid layers in a zippy citrus yellow.
    — Nicole Kliest, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The languid, nostalgic song, evocative of 70s pop, had the audience swaying to and fro.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Our only fish makes languid loops around and through the floating plants, while numerous green frogs vie for the perfect sunny spot on the pond’s edge.
    — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 11 July 2021

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