nap
Example Sentences
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A couple of times, I’d noticed him napping, his glasses askew from using his backpack as a pillow.
From Literature
He might offer you an icicle treat or ask your opinion on whether a mid-late-morning nap is preferable to a late-mid-afternoon nap.
From Literature
Shabbas is a time when children need to be kept happy and preoccupied within certain limits while their parents are busy praying, preparing meals or napping.
They took naps on Sunday to make sure they didn’t doze off.
From Los Angeles Times
When she woke up in the early hours of the afternoon, she had breakfast, took a bath, then headed straight back to bed for a four-hour nap.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
