| 1. | At the sight of another human being my torpor passed, and I leaned out of the window eagerly. - from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells |
| 2. | My brother woke from his torpor of astonishment and lifted her up, speaking gently to her, and carried her to Miss Elphinstone. - from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells |
| 3. | Hardly had she uttered her prayer before a heavy torpor seized her limbs, and just as Apollo threw out his arms to embrace her, she became transforme. - from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens |
| 4. | "For Peppino" cried Andrea, who seemed roused from the torpor in which he had been plunged. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 5. | Morrel, overpowered, turned around in the arm-chair a delicious torpor permeated every vein. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 6. | His eyes were sharp and piercing, save during those intervals of torpor to which I have alluded and his thin, hawk-like nose gave his whole expression an air of alertness and decision. - from A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 7. | "The symptoms are marked, do you see--sleep broken by nervous spasms, excitation of the brain, torpor of the nerve centres. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |