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
Won Young Lee, a behavioral ecologist at the Korea Polar Research Institute, was doing fieldwork in Antarctica in 2014 when he first noticed penguins nodding off.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 29, 2023
By the end of the line, many who remained on board were noticeably older — nodding off, gazing out the window, stretching their shoulders.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2023
In the mornings, she’d drive home and find herself nodding off.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
