somnolent
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At press briefings he grows increasingly somnolent when asked to address any topic that isn’t the supersized neoclassical ballroom currently under construction atop the rubble of the White House East Wing.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
Exoprojection in which the somnolent user is able to assume a conscious awareness of an ideal reality from the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
There is a rather famous account of a World War I pilot who reported finding himself floating through a school of apparently somnolent swifts high above the clouds.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2021
And he played with a kind of brilliant camouflage, seeming to be somnolent for long stretches before asserting himself at urgent moments with a mesmerizing dribble, astounding pass or stabbing shot.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
There are three Smart Aids in Englewood, the small, somnolent beach town where I live.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing somnolent
"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
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