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torpid [ˈtɔ:pɪd, Am ˈtɔ:r-] ADJ form

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In cold weather, it becomes torpid and looks and feels dead, but wakes at night.
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Upon nightfall, they roost in very tight groups of 20 or so birds and on cold nights they can become torpid.
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In the morning, while they are still torpid, they move from the rock-crevices to basking sites exposed to the sun.
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As the film progresses, the tempo becomes ever more torpid.
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These birds require frequent feeding while active during the day and become torpid at night to conserve energy.
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The most active imagination will be sometimes torpid, under the frigid influence of melancholy, and sometimes occasions will be wanting to tempt the mind, however volatile, to sallies and excursions.
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For example, proponents of this theory argued that mean annual temperature is why colder regions were industrialized democracies, while the tropics were torpid and despotic.
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Whichever leg is raised, that half of the flamingo goes to sleep in a torpid state, which lowers the blood flow.
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Although they may occasionally become torpid during cold nights, they do not hibernate.
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After awaking from a torpid state, these marsupials actively seek out areas in which they can bask in the sun to aid in this process.
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