sleep-inducing

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In terms of treatment, Janda is currently working on a vaccine to block xylazine’s sleep-inducing effects.

From Slate • May 12, 2024

I'm a history professor who writes sleep-inducing books and articles weighed down by pages of footnotes.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2022

So what is so sleep-inducing about that diet?

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2022

"Since both of these compounds play an important role in regulating sleep, it seems quite logical that tryptophan has always been fingered as the sleep-inducing culprit behind the Thanksgiving Day nap."

From Fox News • Nov. 24, 2021

The horses fell into a long steady trot, their feet beating the ground with a regular, sleep-inducing thud.

From Barlasch of the Guard by Merriman, Henry Seton