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  • Ah! Those swooning tropic nights, under our palm trees, the distant surf a langourous murmur as from some vast sea shell of mystery, when she, my

    THE PRINCESS 2010

  • Since each time she turned in her dreams, she was serenaded by a langourous pealing, each time prompting her that she must jump to it in order to dance for a spring-borne water spirit.

    Knell Quarternion 2010

  • October 9, 2008 at 5:06 am langourous meenz lolling around or lounging around sloooly and sometimz seductively.

    nao you no goes - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • October 9, 2008 at 4:05 am forgive my ignorance but what does Quote: langourous UnQuote mean?

    nao you no goes - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • In the South, we're naturally more talkative anyway, in that slow langourous "where y'getting off to so fast" kind of mentality, but still, I don't see a lot of community communication myself which I am totally guilty of.

    look into my eyes jlundberg 2006

  • The mixture was hirtber enriched by the presence of two large boys from his former inarriage, one of whom had formed an unhealthy passion for electric guitars, with the result that the langourous music of Hawaii caressed the ear, interspersed with howling atmospherics.

    An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977

  • The other was dark with langourous eyes and full lips.

    Death in Ecstasy Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1936

  • Ah! Those swooning tropic nights, under our palm trees, the distant surf a langourous murmur as from some vast sea shell of mystery, when she, my

    The Princess 1918

  • The weather was overcast, langourous, and there was a feeling of rain in the air.

    A Modern Chronicle — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • The weather was overcast, langourous, and there was a feeling of rain in the air.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

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