drowsing

Example Sentences

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All across the ravaged Earth, the cracked foundations of the twentieth century were drowsing, waking, and recognizing themselves.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2020

Late one night the drowsing pro got a phone call at home.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 17, 2020

While summer often wakes me at 4am with dawn, in winter I can sleep for hours, surrendering to my bed shortly after 9pm, and drowsing there until my morning alarm.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2020

Then I was in motion, drowsing on a bus, a grizzled figure seated beside me, Calvin Schiraldi again.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2015

Ben was drowsing with the reins held loosely in one hand when the wagon hit a stone and jarred us both out of our respective reveries.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss