How to Use lethargic in a Sentence

lethargic

adjective
  • The patient is weak and lethargic.
  • Some stop walking on hands or turn lethargic.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Feeling too hot and lethargic to make plans to leave the house.
    — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2023
  • Sego lost weight and felt lethargic, and his grades suffered.
    — Sarah Jane Tribble, Philly.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Sego lost weight and felt lethargic, and his grades suffered.
    — Sarah Jane Tribble, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2017
  • By the end of that week, Brooks felt lethargic and her body ached.
    — Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 23 Nov. 2020
  • One of the dogs was lethargic and had a pale tongue and bloodshot eyes.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Dairy cows suffered from heat stress, and steers and lambs were lethargic.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Husband Wes lost his sense of taste and smell and felt lethargic.
    — Alicia Lee, CNN, 3 Aug. 2020
  • But over the course of the next few days, the toddler began to act lethargic and eat less.
    — Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Well, those lethargic vibes end right now thanks to this week of new Netflix shows and movies.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Mid-spring lawn care Lawns have been lethargic this spring, even more so than in recent years.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The fly-in patient was a humming bird who appeared weak and lethargic.
    — Zoe Szathmary, Fox News, 25 June 2018
  • Wood overall seemed lethargic, taking just four shots in the first half, all from 3.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The Swiss looked lethargic at times and struggled with his forehand wing.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • Not much went right early for the Pistons, who looked lethargic.
    — Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Even on a warm summer day, the snake was still cold and lethargic, unmoving.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2021
  • The dog was sick to his stomach, lethargic and unable to stand, police wrote.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Larger fish have been spotted in the shallows and are lethargic.
    — Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 21 May 2017
  • One common thread in the most recent streak has been the offense’s lethargic starts.
    — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 10 May 2017
  • Some dogs may also destroy items, try to escape, or seem sad and lethargic when left alone.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The day after the fall, the boy had a fever, was lethargic and holding his foot, his parents said.
    — Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Another great way to work a Texas rig on days where the bass may be more lethargic is a slow drag.
    — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
  • For Shotwell, who had worked for more than a decade in aerospace and knew well its lethargic pace, this made sense.
    — Eric Berger, Wired, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The 3-month-old girl spiked a fever two days earlier and had become lethargic.
    — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Gilbert said Lacy told him that Khalil had been lethargic all day, not wanting to eat or play.
    — Deanna Boyd, star-telegram.com, 31 May 2017
  • The Huskies got out to a lethargic start and struggled for more than four minutes to get a shot to fall.
    — Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Many crape myrtles in Texas were hurt by the cold of the first killing freeze last fall and were lethargic bloomers this year.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • But the lethargic offense was only able to have one drive out of 11 turn into points.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The officer talked to the driver, who smelled like booze and appeared lethargic.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 17 May 2022

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