soporific
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Before long, what had been a soporific race turned into a surreal one.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
In the soporific Irish midlands, Marty Hawkins is reminded that “fields breed fatalism,” which suits his mood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Musty retreads of Ibsen and Chekhov, besides being counter to the maverick spirit of their play, can be soporific endurance tests.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
It’s so effective a soporific that most nights I struggle to read for more than 10 minutes, which is both satisfying and maddening.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
When I pour it on my hair, I feel a sticky cold like dry ice, then a soporific heat.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Exposure to sunlight prevents the brain from producing melatonin and other natural soporifics.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 23, 2016
At least these were incendiary devices; elsewhere one found soporifics.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kennedy unemotionally traced the misconceptions and the soporifics that lulled England during the prewar years.
From Time Magazine Archive
It surely ought to work for those viewers lulled these many years by cinema soporifics.
From Time Magazine Archive
He then prescribed certain medicines, amongst them powerful soporifics, and Joey was instantly despatched, upon his arrival, to Alma to get them compounded, while the doctor remained by the patient to watch her malady.
From Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter by Munro, Colin
Vocabulary lists containing soporific
Jane Eyre
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"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 6
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