catnap
Example Sentences
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“I’m … I’m just going to take a little catnap. Do me a favor and don’t … try to … escape.”
From Literature
She had meant to take an hour’s catnap and be up well before her pupils, but the Incorrigibles had risen much earlier than usual, as children are apt to do on any long-awaited holiday.
From Literature
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
Maybe he could take a little rest, catnap like Mom did after dinner, before she started her hours of baking.
From Literature
Merry sang songs—all to the tune of “Jingle Bells”—and took little catnaps on a pink blanket under the pecan tree by the downstairs kitchen door.
From Literature
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