This torpidity was not born of drunkenness but despair.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
I know for certain that most of them pass the winter in a state of torpidity, and of course require no provisions, as they eat nothing during that season.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
There it had lain during months of the dry season in a state of torpidity, and would, no doubt, have remained still longer, but that it was aroused by the big fire that Guapo had built over it.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid