catnap

Example Sentences

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On good ones, they found a lodging house and raced upstairs, hoping to claim a catnap before that evening’s gig.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024

Some marine mammals sleep while swimming and some seabirds catnap while flying, letting one half of the brain doze while the other keeps working.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 27, 2021

You can even grab a quick catnap on your break.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2020

As a result, she has motored through the day on 40 minutes’ sleep, avoiding the temptation of a catnap.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2020

A catnap, Aunt Lydia called it, in her coy way.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood