slumbering

Example Sentences

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My dining table is cluttered with mail, yet-to-be-shipped jars of homemade jam and, more often than not, an enormous, slumbering pile of Maine Coon.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

"The border with Lithuania is in 30 minutes," the assistant shouted to rouse slumbering passengers.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

“A Minecraft Movie” injected some much-needed life into the slumbering box office with a record-breaking $157-million domestic opening and $144 million overseas.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2025

For example, lower levels of sleep apnoea – when breathing stops and starts while slumbering – is thought to be down to losing weight around the tongue and throat, which can block the airways.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

It was a reply to a message he’d sent a few hours before, just after seven, when 1 was still slumbering in our bed.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins