I sat torpidly at my desk and contemplated the short journey to the office.
Torpidly he reached for the telephone, somewhat annoyed by having his sleep disturbed.
Here, commonly, men of leisure sit through the warm hours, torpidly fishing the smooth green depth of water below; but now there was none.
On the rude door, cobwebbed and dusty, a scorpion clung torpidly.
His mind worked slowly and torpidly, so that even grief came with an effort.
He continued to look at her, torpidly, helplessly.
He lounged back torpidly, listening to the drone and clatter of voices below, lazily inspecting each newcomer, pretending to drop off into a doze of ennui.
