sleepy
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German pensioner Petra Mertens did not hesitate when ordered to evacuate her home in the sleepy western border town of Monschau as an enormous fire advanced from neighbouring Belgium.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
He faces Republican state Sen. David Brock Smith in a sleepy blue-state race that Merkley is favored to win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
This internal timing system influences when the body feels awake or sleepy over each roughly 24-hour cycle.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Within the agency, the U.A.E. station had come to be seen as a sleepy posting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“It’s okay, Jinjoo,” her sister replied in a sleepy voice.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
After next week, deal flow may slow during the usually sleepier months of July and August and pick back up again after Labor Day.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
As a shopping event, the day itself is sleepier, and the deals are available much longer.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
And when you’re sleepier, it stands to reason, you sleep more easily.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2025
While December remains a sleepier month for new book releases than other times of the year, December 2024 offers quite a few terrific titles, so many that it was difficult to choose among them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2024
In hundreds of houses sleepy women woke sleepier children.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
"It is fair to say that this connection, prior to the war in Ukraine, was one of the sleepiest links between North Korea and its two neighbours," said Cha.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Time of day factors in because of our biological clocks; we’re sleepiest late at night and early in the morning.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2025
You may feel like this house will never significantly increase in value, but even the sleepiest of neighborhoods have a habit of surprising you with their transformation.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025
But in those places, it’s hard to remain grounded in the state’s soft beauty, most easily admired in its sleepiest spots like its fair capital city, Sacramento.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025
Finally Dragon, protesting with only the sleepiest of whines, was picked up and deposited on the back porch.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
