It is characteristic that he never sent me any tragedy or epic poem, never anything bombastic or declamatory, never anything languorous or sentimental either.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
Fresh incense was thrown on the brazier of coals glowing before the garlanded statue of Venus as flutes intoned a languorous measure.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
Bungalows and pine-woods seemed to be its main characteristics, and there was about it none of the languorous Eastern charm that had so haunted the forbidden paradise.
"The Lamp in the Desert"
Ethel M. Dell