sleepy
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Instead, it seemed to wake the herbs up, sharpening their edges and giving the whole thing just enough brightness to keep the carbs from feeling sleepy.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
When it is hot, feeling sleepy can be precious - save it for bedtime.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
That is, until an intriguing puzzle shakes up Felix’s otherwise sleepy summer and prods him to pay attention to his surroundings in a new way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Here are five takeaways from a gubernatorial contest that was sedentary and sleepy until, suddenly, it wasn’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Each of them now cradled a sleepy, clucking dodo baby.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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
Cutting back on time in bed works partly through mild sleep deprivation, which makes you sleepier.
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
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
You may feel like this house will never significantly increase in value, but even the sleepiest of neighborhoods have a habit of surprising you with their transformation.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025
Here we are on a Friday, traditionally the sleepiest of Westminster’s weekdays, and MPs confront a potentially generational defining vote on assisted dying while the government confronts its first cabinet resignation.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
There was, really, precious little to remember at all: no goals, few shots, little drama — a drab, rain-sodden stalemate between the French capital’s third-most successful soccer team and the country’s sleepiest giant.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
Even the grumpiest and sleepiest of the men stood up straight.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
