sleepy
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But with nearly half of the roster sidelined because of injuries or resting, Adou Thiero at least tried to inject some life into a sleepy preseason back-to-back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
By the 13th day of using the oil, participants said they felt less sleepy after waking and more recovered from fatigue compared with periods when they used the unscented control.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
"It's a bit of a sleepy town," Ezenwa, the CEO of Le Look, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
While the main section of the fair is comparatively sleepy, there are still surprises here and there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
I shove dancers out of the way and Euro-step around sleepy zebras to keep the aboatia in my sight.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
After next week, deal flow may slow during the usually sleepier months of July and August and pick back up again after Labor Day.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
As a shopping event, the day itself is sleepier, and the deals are available much longer.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
With sleep compression, you can also stop, or reverse course and extend time in bed again, if you start to feel sleepier during the day.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2025
While December remains a sleepier month for new book releases than other times of the year, December 2024 offers quite a few terrific titles, so many that it was difficult to choose among them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2024
Then I woke up, feeling sleepier than when I lay down.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
When the sleepiest central bank on Earth becomes the one that matters, the plot has thickened.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
"It is fair to say that this connection, prior to the war in Ukraine, was one of the sleepiest links between North Korea and its two neighbours," said Cha.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Time of day factors in because of our biological clocks; we’re sleepiest late at night and early in the morning.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2025
That may be because the sleeper is also the sleepiest.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
It was the hottest, sleepiest hour of the afternoon.
From "1984" by George Orwell
