nodding off
Example Sentences
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Drowsy driving isn’t just the act of nodding off at the wheel.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2025
His wife nodding off in front of the TV news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
“The city that never sleeps versus the defendant who keeps nodding off during the trial.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
For sleepy humans, nodding off can be inconvenient—say, during a boring lecture—or even downright dangerous, such as while driving a car.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 29, 2023
The nodding off and the snoring and the being elbowed awake.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
