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Indolent is an English word with synonyms like faineant or lazy. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Indolent in a sentence

Indolent meaning

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

Synonyms of Indolent

faineant lazy otiose slothful work-shy idle inactive

Related words

Other words often associated with Indolent or its synonyms:

ineffectual lackadaisical dormant nonoperational worthless pointless unengaged unreactive passive unavailing quiescent latent

Using Indolent

  • The main meaning on this page is: Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor. | Inducing laziness. | Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
  • Useful related words include: faineant, lazy, otiose, slothful.
  • In the example corpus, indolent often appears in combinations such as: indolent and, and indolent, of indolent.

Context around Indolent

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

irresponsible 1× growing 1×

Often after:

reviewers 2× cancers 1× cancer 1× beauty 1× bengali 1× disease 1× stated 1× slaves 1×

Sentence patterns with Indolent

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

but the indolent and peachy 1× chorus of indolent reviewers irresponsible 1× galba was indolent and apathetic 1× overdiagnosis of indolent cancers said 1× patient with indolent slaves 1× previous and indolent 1× reviewers irresponsible indolent reviewers look 1× short and indolent bengali muslims 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

also a mournful 1× bogart s roles 1× chronic diarrhea can 1× follicular lymphoma is 1× he has given 1× his execution was 1×

Common sentence endings:

an indolent disease 1× and groin pelvis 1× cancers said lang 1× he hoped for 1× indolent bengali muslims 1× infirmities of age 1×

Words around Indolent

Just before it in the word index:

indolence 10 indole 7 indodax 3 indoctrination 87 indoctrinating 15 indoctrinated 51

Just after it in the word index:

indology 3 indomie 17 indomitable 76 indonesia 1.534 indonesian 554 indonesians 84

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaa 20 abductees 20 abdulahi 20 abetment 20 abhors 20 ablution 20

Corpus analysis for Indolent

  • In this selection, "indolent" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, irresponsible, growing, reviewers, cancers and cancer stand out and add context to how "indolent" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include but the indolent and peachy and chorus of indolent reviewers irresponsible. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "indolent" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with indolent

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

His execution was previous and indolent. (6 words)

To Our Indolent Cancer,” a new poem by Greg Delanty in The New York Review of Books. (17 words)

They also argue that he idealized the slavery system in the South, viewing masters as patient with "indolent" slaves. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Bogart's roles were not only repetitive, but physically demanding and draining (studios were not yet air-conditioned ), and his regimented, tightly scheduled job at Warners was anything but the indolent and "peachy" actor's life he hoped for. (39 words)

Follicular lymphoma is a slow growing (indolent) and incurable blood cancer that starts in the lymphatic system, which is a system of lymph nodes found throughout the body, including the neck, underarms, chest, abdomen, and groin/pelvis. (37 words)

Chronic diarrhea can be a symptom. citation In severe cases, edema may result in obstruction of the intestinal tract, as well as loss of peristaltic contractions. citation Strongyloidiasis in immunocompetent individuals is usually an indolent disease. (36 words)

Example sentences (13)

Tennyson, however, maintained the quantitative features of the metre: :O you chorus of indolent reviewers, :Irresponsible, indolent reviewers, :Look, I come to the test, a tiny poem :All composed in a metre of Catullus..

However, this has to be balanced with the harm of false positives and the overdiagnosis of indolent cancers,” said Lang.

To Our Indolent Cancer,” a new poem by Greg Delanty in The New York Review of Books.

Follicular lymphoma is a slow growing (indolent) and incurable blood cancer that starts in the lymphatic system, which is a system of lymph nodes found throughout the body, including the neck, underarms, chest, abdomen, and groin/pelvis.

He has given a timely warning signal to all indolent and ignorant parents that the Almajiri system will soon be outlawed in the state.

Also, a mournful tone lingers across the poems “The Songbird”, “Tyranny”, and “Indolent Beauty”, showcasing paradoxes of our social fabric.

His execution was previous and indolent.

It is laughable but true that both in Islamabad and Rawalpindi it was said that creation of Bangladesh was good riddance of the dark, short and indolent Bengali Muslims.

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Bogart's roles were not only repetitive, but physically demanding and draining (studios were not yet air-conditioned ), and his regimented, tightly scheduled job at Warners was anything but the indolent and "peachy" actor's life he hoped for.

Chronic diarrhea can be a symptom. citation In severe cases, edema may result in obstruction of the intestinal tract, as well as loss of peristaltic contractions. citation Strongyloidiasis in immunocompetent individuals is usually an indolent disease.

During the later period of his provincial administration, Galba was indolent and apathetic, but this was due either to a desire not to attract Nero's notice or to the growing infirmities of age.

Kelsey, p. 21 Settlers made numerous false claims to diminish the natives' abilities: "The Indians are by nature slovenly and indolent," stated one newcomer.

They also argue that he idealized the slavery system in the South, viewing masters as patient with "indolent" slaves.

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Common combinations with indolent

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "indolent" in a sentence?
An example: "Tennyson, however, maintained the quantitative features of the metre: :O you chorus of indolent reviewers, :Irresponsible, indolent reviewers, :Look, I come to the test, a tiny poem :All composed in a metre of Catullus.." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "indolent" from authentic English texts.
What does "indolent" mean?
Indolent means: Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
What are synonyms of "indolent"?
Common synonyms of "indolent" include: faineant, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy, idle, inactive.
How many example sentences with "indolent" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "indolent", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.