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

Miss Trixie hovered about him, leaving only to seal some envelopes for Mr. Gonzalez, to visit the bathroom several times, and to catnap.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole