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The term “languorous” in literature often conveys a sense of unhurried, dreamy, or even sensual quality that permeates both atmosphere and character. In some instances, it describes the environment—a warm, seductive air with slow-fading hues at dusk [1], or the heavy, dreamy pause of an entire day [2]—while in other contexts it imbues characters with a captivating, almost hypnotic allure, as seen in the deep glances that set hearts racing [3] or the soft, meditative touch of a regal gaze [4]. At times, the word underscores an underlying melancholy or torpor, evoking a state of dreamy inaction or wistfulness [5], and occasionally, it even hints at indulgent, sensuous pleasure, whether in music [6] or in the very ambiance of a languid, tropical clime [7].
  1. The languorous hues of the west swooned into twilight, and here and there a star peeped through the gray veil of the sky.
    — from Marion Harland's Autobiography: The Story of a Long Life by Marion Harland
  2. A languorous pause has come to the year.
    — from Minstrel Weather by Marian Storm
  3. Rhoda clung to his arm, and the languorous glances from under her long lashes set the blood racing madly in his veins.
    — from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various
  4. Her great brown eyes, languorous and insolent, swept McTaggart from head to foot.
    — from The Man with the Double Heart by Muriel Hine
  5. She slept a languorous sleep, interwoven with vanishing dreams.
    — from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin
  6. The Adagio has a lovely theme, dreamy and languorous as a summer's day.
    — from Beethoven by Romain Rolland
  7. In a land languorous with tropical inertia, an enthusiastic toiler is not common.
    — from The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Elizabeth Miller

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