Thesaurus / slumber
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SKIP THE WEARABLES AND TRACK YOUR SLEEP WITH THESE 5 APPSDAVID NIELDJANUARY 6, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEScanWatch by WithingsA smartwatch to help detect sleep apneaObstructive sleep apnea is a disorder in which the muscles that keep our airways open relax during slumber, narrowing or stopping flow and causing periodic gaps in breathing.
THE 100 GREATEST INNOVATIONS OF 2020POPULAR SCIENCE STAFFDECEMBER 2, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEScientists have yet to pinpoint the roots of this phenomenon, but some think it occurs when the brain crosses wires between conscious awareness and the dream-filled REM stage of slumber.
WHY DO WE SEE GHOSTS?JAKE BITTLEOCTOBER 6, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEBrian, my boyfriend, practically leapt from his slumber and bonked his head against the insulated metal ceiling of my minivan, stunned awake.
I TRIED TO CLIMB THE LARGEST SAND DUNE IN NORTH AMERICAEMILY PENNINGTONSEPTEMBER 22, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEWhat’s more, the liberation of coronavirus strictures will be unevenly distributed, as some regions spring to life and others haltingly come out of slumber.
‘IT’S A DANGEROUS TIME TO GO DARK’: ADVERTISERS PREPARE FOR AN UNCERTAIN SUMMERSEB JOSEPHJUNE 10, 2020DIGIDAYFinding him awake, he sat by his side and, with the earnestness of a nursery-maid, patted him off to slumber.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThe smile was still on his lips when his head drooped on a piece of ice, and he sank into a deep slumber.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEThese instructions were obeyed implicitly, and soon the camp was buried in apparent slumber.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNYung Pak and the other members of the family also retired, and were soon buried in peaceful slumber.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKEHe never made any attempt to learn the abstract science of war, and until stirred by danger his character seemed to slumber.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONWORDS RELATED TO SLUMBER
- bed down
- bunked
- catnapped
- caught a wink
- caught forty winks
- conk out
- copped some zwas
- crashed
- dozed
- dreamed
- dropped off
- drowsed
- fell asleep
- fell out
- flopped
- hibernated
- hit the hay
- hit the sack
- languished
- napped
- nodded
- nodded off
- overslept
- relaxed
- reposed
- rested
- retired
- sacked out
- saw wood
- slumbered
- snoozed
- snored
- took a nap
- turned in
- yawned
- zonked out
- zzzed
- apathy
- coma
- disinterest
- disregard
- drowsiness
- dullness
- hebetude
- heedlessness
- idleness
- impassivity
- inaction
- inactivity
- inanition
- indifference
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- insouciance
- languidness
- languor
- lassitude
- leadenness
- listlessness
- passiveness
- phlegm
- sleep
- sleepiness
- sloth
- slowness
- sluggishness
- slumber
- stupor
- supineness
- torpidness
- torpor
- unconcern
- unmindfulness
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