In chuckling over the vexations he could inflict by the rigid clutch of his dead hand, he inevitably mingled his consciousness with that livid stagnant presence, and so far as he was preoccupied with a future life, it was with one of gratification inside his coffin.
Farebrother contended on theory for the desirability of all games, and said that Englishmen's wit was stagnant for want of them; but Lydgate felt certain that he would have played very much less but for the money.
When you procrastinate, you remain stagnant.
The fear of failure, although, is what makes us stagnant and sad.
We don't always realize when we're clinging to something harmful when it feels safe and familiar, whether it is an unfulfilling job, an unhealthy relationship, or a stagnant way of life.
The fear of failure, although, is what makes us stagnant and sad.
A stagnant mind devoid of curiosity doesn't have the capacity to create.
And it will make our civilizaiton stagnant.
But too much alone time can get the brain to sit stagnant.
The economy may be booming and unemployment is reaching record lows, but America remains an unaffordable place to live in many parts of the country due to stagnant wages and rising housing costs.
have remained relatively stagnant in recent years, while chief executive officers' compensation has grown more than 930% since 1978.
That's according to Australian millionaire Tim Gurner, a luxury property developer in Melbourne, who has antagonized young people everywhere by suggesting their housing woes are caused by millennials' spending habits, rather than a combination of stagnant wages and spiralling house prices in many cities.
We don't always realize when we're clinging to something harmful when it feels safe and familiar, whether it is an unfulfilling job, an unhealthy relationship, or a stagnant way of life.
In the second part, I considered the "Solow paradox" — the strange combination of breathless innovation with stagnant labour productivity (though not so strange when you realise there is not that much investment in capital embodying the new technologies).
The fact that the purchasing power of the American middle class has grown so little over the last 30 years reflects another major change: Workers have left the factories — but their productivity in their new jobs (if they find them) is stagnant, meaning that economic growth is petering out.
The project highlights Japan's push to make tourism a valuable boon for a stagnant economy, as dynamic as the export of Toyota vehicles and Sony electronics.
Indeed, even as the iPhone has become more advanced and sophisticated with each passing year, the entry-level storage capacity on each successive iPhone model has remained frustratingly stagnant at 16GB.
" The app includes tips for making places less attractive to the insects, such as removing stagnant water.
Stagnant domestic and global demand is exerting downward pressure on China's leather and fur industry.
But those barriers remain far less significant than ones set up in the wake of previous crises and Mr Koopman said the biggest factor in the slowdown was the stagnant demand exacerbated by the slow return of investment.
