slumber

Example Sentences

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Football awoke from its slumber in June 2020, squeezing the end of a season into a couple of months.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

So while precious and base metals continue to rally to fresh highs, steelmaking coal is now stirring from its slumber, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 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

It was just a creepy story, the kind you told while you were roasting marshmallows or huddled together at a slumber party.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis