somniferous

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Everyone was back in the Dolby Theatre, a welcome return after last year’s somniferous experiment from Steven Soderbergh, which was held in Los Angeles’s Union Station.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2022

Still, it’s a somniferous situation for the photographers, who camp out in their cars for hours at a time for a few seconds of activity.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2019

About 15% sleep less than 6� hours, and a somniferous 15% slumber on for more than � hours.

From Time Magazine Archive

A “sleep-thorn,” or other somniferous piece of wood, is commonly employed in our fairy tales, in order to throw a hero or heroine into a magic slumber.

From Indian Fairy Tales by Anonymous

And in spite of the somniferous effects of the wine fumes and the warm streaming gaslight, he would keep his ears open to the sounds proceeding from the little room.

From The Fat and the Thin by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred