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

He was a freshman in 1950, catching a catnap in his dormitory between classes, when loud voices outside woke him.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2020

You can even grab a quick catnap on your break.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2020

Shin remembers confessing to eating corn he found on the ground and to taking a catnap when no one was looking.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden