slumber

Example Sentences

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Investors are betting big that the largest oil disruption in history might jolt the energy industry out of a yearslong slumber.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

It’s possible, of course, that the market will be stirred out of its slumber by a major development.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Natural disasters are inevitable, but often, the most devastating slumber for decades, sometimes centuries, only awakening when provoked.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

Hard to know what she’ll appreciate more: the peaceful slumber or the practical drawstring bag constructed in the same silky fabric as the mask and scrunchie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

He never saw how Adah chose her own exile; how Rachel was dying for the normal life of slumber parties and record albums she was missing.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver